After the Fall

Winter arrives, and then spring.

After a brief once and for all,

Before all is one for one,

Here in the ever once was,

Yielding to the always will be;

Clutching to the here and now,

Watching the shadow of then,

Beginning the once upon a time,

Each day with a how do you do?

Sitting in wonder about when,

Contemplating the cause of it all,

Working some but not on the way,

More of a stroll on the dock of the bay;

Outside are the movements of will,

Inside are the hot embers of me,

Smoking in the cool winter air,

Heat rising and mixing to leave;

After all is said and done,

Beyond the great unknown,

Awaits a day not unlike this,

Where the tallest of tales are heard,

And slumber is not to be missed.