Driving South in Autumn

- Driving South in Autumn -

Traveling through the rolling hills of Pennsylvania 

soon after dawn on this sunny autumn morning

the hills look wrapped in blankets of soft velvet. 

Mist is rising in the valleys

In sharp contrast to this veiled distant view

a lake shines brilliant blue and

rippling rivers glisten in bright sun.

The day is mild.

Rock cliffs edge the road

where the highway was cut through 

their faces, wet with dew, reflect the sun 

like giant coal black mirrors to the world.

The trees and hills nearby will not be muted

their colors joyful, many leaves still holding on

though countless branches are already bare

- soon to be blanketed with winter snow.

JoMae

1l/13/16

I ran across this memory of our last road trip the other day.  Such wonderful days. Never dreaming they would suddenly end just a few short weeks later!