An Evening Walk Through The Panhandle

Evidence of vulnerability

strewn at their feet - 

courtesy, in part,

of the unrelenting Pacific breeze -

the elderly oak trees stand their ground 

doing what they can 

to stem the ebb and flow of traffic's orchestra

The residues of rubber tires and leather balls 

are mere echoes 

blanketed by the long shadows

that urge some to leave

and put others

gently to sleep