Mountain Drama

Spring and summer schedule shows

for which the mountains quit shaving.

Their leafy green beards grow and

begin to hide their crag-like faces.

They look forward to these performances.

It’s as if they put on disguises

and can tour incognito

as one looks almost like the other.

But each year, autumn

quietly sneaks up on them.

First their leafy costume changes color,

and then it disappears all together.

When winter arrives,

their true identity is revealed

as their stoic countenance

is dramatically unmasked.

Without the changing of the seasons,

we wouldn’t have seats for this annual drama.

God’s glorious spectacle 
receives rave reviews each year. 

                                                                                           7/17/07