The Harmonics of Fall

Athens, Georgia

December 29, 2014

When social loops resonate 

to unholy harmonics in a world 

wired close and wound tight; 

when the soundtrack of triumph 

sweeps your people, and sweet 

ideals are wielded as weapons; 

when the grievance is just 

too great to ignore and your mind 

is gripped in anger: go. 

Go into an autumn afternoon 

where out of stillness, peace 

descends on dry leaf flurries, 

where a thousand blackbirds 

speak in tongues of tiny angels 

timeless blessings to life,

where echoes of ageless minds 

penetrate prepackaged lives, 

and strife recedes to hush. 

When impelled by honor to act: 

engage, but withhold your soul, 

for you are more than your role. 

You have felt the autumn breeze. 

You've sensed the inner harmony. 
You have been blessed by birds.

"Leaves and Light,"
photograph by David Noah, Winterville, Georgia