Duane L. Herrmann writes

FROZEN TAN

Northern sky  
of pale orange sun  
filled with streaks  
of pinks, blues, and whites  
contrasting above  
skeletons of trees,  
frozen tans of grass,  
fields of snow and stubble:  
final colors  
of a dying day.
One day and time,  
one civilization,  
passes for another  
cycling through time  
we see only 
when looking far enough  
across time and space  
and experience.