Illuminate me
Chloro- fill my veins
Colour me in carotene
Kisses and sugar sap
Decorate my heart
With strands of starlight
Let me sail
Over moonlight memories
Pinstripe my path
In strokes of midnight
Before I surrender to the fall
Sun-shine my soul
Today I am hosting Poetics for dVerse Poets Pub and I am excited to share the photography of Sharon Knight at sunearthsky.com for our poetic muse! You are welcome to join in at 3 p.m EST.
mishunderstood 
It’s a juicy prayer. One in sensuous love with the rest of creation.
I like the chloro-fill my veins, color me in carotene. That’s such descriptive language play.
Nice last two lines. I can imagine a leaf thinking something like that.
I love that image of the moon pin-striping your path!
Beautiful poem!
So many unique descriptions in this, Mish. I am so very grateful that you introduced us to Sharon. Her work is so inspiring.
Oh, lovely word play, Mish. You capture the beauty of the Fall, and the fragility.
Love the play of colors here… the images are sure a real treat.
Full of light and word play, Mish! I love those final lines:
‘Before I surrender to the fall
Sun-shine my soul’.
Word play and light play! What a sensuous list of requests 🙂
You really nailed this one. Takes the photo to a whole new level!!
Dwight
lovely prayer from a most poetic leaf – “Pinstripe my path
In strokes of midnight” – perfect!
Oh, all the silent pleas of a withering leaf! Beautiful!
Well this is nothing but lovely.
–coal (Fireblossom)
Love this, Mish, especially “pinstripe my path”.
kaykuala
Before I surrender to the fall
Sun-shine my soul
A lot can be done if one can preempt good things in life to make them happen
Hank
Autumn meditations…complements the photo well. (K)