STONE FENCE

Photo by S. Auberle

STONE FENCE

the smell of herb and flower

along the road wall…

stones tumbling down now

once carefully locked together

sun and shadow

skipping along the length

brawny were the men

who built this wall

rough-handed

digging the earth

hoisting  stones

their good sweat

their endless work

to make it work

they've gone to rest now

beneath other stones

old wives beside them

vines twining

up from earth

black as the crow

calling down night

declaring everything

is truly right

~  Sharon Auberle