Poem for Today : 'A Thought'

A Thought

Yesterday was summer

in the corn

we lay

oblivious

to the oncoming winter

mindful only

of spring’s folly

and the price

to be paid.

© 1978 : Colin Gordon-Farleigh

From 'Flight of A Bee' by Colin Gordon-Farleigh : Voice Publications 2006 : ISBN 0-9553583-3-7

First published by Gazebo Books (Pty) Ltd, Rhodesia (1978)