CHASING COLORS

CHASING COLORS

By: Louise Naples

Late October, on Metro North, Chasing Colors

Fall colors in abundance in Woodhaven

We wanted to see more

Went to Grand Central Station

Got our Senior / off Peak tickets

Stocked up on mocha lattes, and muffins

Found our track, our train, our seats

Clickity clack

Mid morning sun shone on the Palisades,

Looking like a tight forest of petrified trees

Adorned in colors, crimson, rust, gold, green, brown

High above the grey water full of chop and white caps

Past marinas and boat yards

Filled with shrouded, slumbering water craft

In their winter hibernation

Forlorn masts reaching skyward out of the shrink wrap

Clickity clack

Wide expanse of the swiftly moving Hudson

One solitary sailor stretching the season

A white triangular speck on the water

Victorian and Georgian homes perched high

On the distant shore

Their windows blinding in the sun

Brick red – red barns, slate blue sheds

Trees brilliant orange against the crisp blue sky

Clickity clack

Strolling Cold Spring

Along the river’s edge

Grey stone West Point in the distance

Clutching hats and jackets in the brisk wind

Old wooden houses in colonial colors

Antique stores, cafes, the old clock shop

The Riverview Restaurant overlooking – a parking lot

Bright blue receptacles for trash, paper, bottles

The lowering sun turns water glistening silver

Late grey clouds with coppery edges and sunrays

Clickity clack

Still lagoons here and there

Rimmed with tall grasses, tan, cream, bark

With fuzzy seeded tops

Readying for takeoff in autumn breezes

Black rock formations protruding from the waters

Causing ripples

Grey bridges small

Grey bridges tall

Bear Mountain

Tappan Zee

Hells Kitchen

Harlem River

Clickity clack

Late October, on Metro North, Chasing Colors