Subtly, the palette changes —
bracken ferns to brown,
grasses back to green,
gold and orange along the river,
water vapor’s silver sheen

We raced the rain
all day yesterday
while the sun slowly made room
for more and more clouds
and the cat hunted happy in the field
and the needed tasks got done

And this morning,
rain holding off for just a while,
you added final touches
so now we can look up
and see the colors
and watch the rain.

©Wendy Mulhern
October 16, 2019