Autumn

Spring kneels to smell each fading bloom
Touches each petal on the ground
Reaches to stroke each changing leaf
And holds all scents of warmth she’s found

The world has changed like fleeting tide
Now silence reigns in forest deep
The birds have sung their last and flown
All the remaining creatures sleep

Still no grief comes with frosty dawn
This silver earth and frozen life
Have brought no pain or anguish near
Still Winter’s fingers bring no strife

Forest is lit with golden light
A glorious fire that does not scorch
Reds and orange have conquered green
Each tree alight as blazing torch

The skies like lava shake with red
The world is filled with smells of spice
Rivers awash with fiery leaves
That float by little blocks of ice

And Spring now whispers quiet words:
“Farewell, good friends, until next year
When life will again start to grow
Farewell, oh friends, and do not fear”

Until she once again returns
The lands will slowly fade away
But for now all is majestic
‘Fore Winter turns the world to grey