RAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS

Like inexorable peace,

The mists march through the mountains.

One by one the grim peaks sink into the cold arms of the unspoken.

The little town with the pink and white houses

Looses its hold on the ridge of hills

And floats among cloud tops.

A shaggy donkey, cropping grass in the sequestered church yard,

Walks, with a leisurely air,

Into a wind driven abyss.