burning fall equinox

last night's sun
was half the sky
a shade of pink
like red was turning to orange
it moved too swiftly
for everyone to see
slipping into the horizon


The heat
Snapped a leaf onto
The concrete
Coral with yellow veins
It's head was an arrow
Pointing up, forward
Or out


I walked on the sidewalk
Against the fall equinox sun
That Burned the air
My gait was right and left
back and forth
It was taking me time
To get where I was going
Exhausted from the burn
I could neither stop
Nor go back
 clumsily
I waded forward