rose and set

rose and set

a new year has come, a new year has set like the sun.

the waves washed over us, cooling, salty.

the sun rose, the sun set. 

birds came back, migration long and necessary.

home again, they sit in the sun.

the sun rose, the sun set.

trees came alive, blossomed to perfection.

the birds shared their branches.

the sun rose, the sun set.

leaves to shed, they hit the ground.

bugs spent their last days flying, 

swarmed up and buzzed out.

the sun rose, the sun set.

coolness set the air's tone, wind whispered its power.

cold had come.

the sun rose, the sun set.