Breadth, And Depth, And Distance

Autumn is the
eternal corrective.


It is ripeness and color
and a time of maturity; 
but it is also breadth, 
and depth, and distance.  
What man can stand
with autumn on a hilltop 
and fail to see
the span of his world 
and the meaning
of the rolling hills 
that reach to
the far horizon?

~ Hal Borland