Names Really Do Matter

winding paths lead up to a shady rest
as October zephyrs stretch to embrace us
in their gusts of falling leaves in gold and ruby
angels gather about us in swarms of hope and love
ready to whisper a direction of oft-ignored inspiration
and they will aid us in arduous steps if we take some time
to get to know them by name—to find them in reaching roots
anchored deep in the rich fertile soils nursing our own tree of life