Tuesday, September 2, 2014

The Summer Ends by Wendell Berry

The Summer Ends

by Wendell Berry

The summer ends, and it is time

 To face another way. 

Our theme

 Reversed, we harvest the last row

To store against the cold, undo

The garden that will be undone.

We grieve under the weakened sun

To see all earth's green fountains dried,

And fallen all the works of light.

You do not speak, and I regret

This downfall of the good we sought

As though the fault were mine. I bring

The plow to turn the shattering

Leaves and bent stems into the dark,

From which they may return.

 At work,I see you leaving our bright land,

The last cut flowers in your hand.

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