The summer’s gone, it’s blown away
Beg as I would, it could not stay
And now I feel the traitor’s spell
I cannot bar old Autumn’s tell.
So stoke the fire and heat up all
The fruits and plants from frosty fall
Shall all be captive to the cold
Like pioneers in times of old !
The waves they crash upon the shore
The oceans sigh and sometimes roar
The wind blows wild and billows out
Emitting sounds quite like a shout.
It whistles past each stand of trees
Without restrictions, if you please
To wander valiant in the brush
And give each blade of grass a rush.
The gust lends impetus to all
Attentions to this force of fall
The summer’s flown, farewell a must
Tis autumn with its burning lust !
I see the willows in the wind
They flutter wildly to and fro
The leaves and branches slightly thinned
With lacy arms all swaying so.
The wind does whip through all the trees
That bend and twist before the gale
And feel the crispness of the breeze
As it fast fills each waiting sail !
Tan, orange, yellow, brown and umber too
Fall colors all just waiting there for you
Their happy faces laughing all the while
So full of zest and sporting lots of style
Thank you dear Lord above, how did you know
What treasure grand these autumn leaves would show ?
I feel the mist that covers all
While winding through the shades of fall
Seems life survives beneath this tent
Of autumn days that God has sent.
The leaves that fly along the street
Now dog the foosteps of our feet,
Ambitious winds that heave and sigh
Impatient now await goodbye.
The seasons come, the seasons go
This is the pattern that we know
So little changes as we pass
Our lives before God’s looking glass !
The early hours are best of all
The air is crisp and full of fall
The wind is brisk it knows its way
The lower branches bend and sway.
Seems all the birds are southward bent
Where warmer breezes have been sent
We’ll have to wait until next year
For summertime to reappear !
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Claire V. Bogdanos 