Aubade: Vale of Tears

Photo Brian Federle, Sun in Trees, Russian River. April 2016

Morning fog

caressed

my winter tears

as unseen geese

(noisy gaggle)

crossed the opaque sky.

Things well hidden

confuse

my fragile faith,

so when bright, piercing rays

broke through

this lonely vale of tears

I thought it was only the sun

not the golden light,

desire of my fleeting years.