another year

another year

I could taste winter in the air tonight
it settled in like dew in the evening
filling the air
with a crispness you could taste
It was a reminder of another year gone by
one by one

it’s been a dry year
a thin year
as the rings of life accumulate
I ponder
what this year will bring

how will I grow
how far will I reach
will I go deeper
will I go higher

each leaf carries a marker of its existence
each a fingerprint of life
as it falls it leaves my mark on this world