time for shadows

before I'm ready

a November sun 

is low on 

the day's horizon.

little time for 

warmth; 

little time for 

shadows or 

reflections.

Poem © 2009 by R. Burnett Baker 

Photo © 2004 by R. Burnett Baker 

Photo take by R. Baker in Redwood Forest, 

California, 2004.