Reckoning

Still again My thoughts return to wandering Fields of grass Soften savage muttering Backyard dreams Of meadows find me promising Lushness that I sold her Studded, stumped and bouldered Still the swaying, idle playing Summer scenes are beckoning Calm again Ghosts and angers flickering Laps and leaves Cast shadows on the glimmering Checkerboards Twist and buckle, shuddering Flattened gaping grins Stitched together hymns Bring dismissals, sighs, denials At last a reckoning