Saying goodbye to autumn

Oh hello autumn

You took me by surprise

I mean completely

I was absorbed in sunlight hours

Then right before my eyes

The fading hedgerow

The trees I noticed briefly

Were beginning to rust

Why was it such a shock

To see your annual demise

Oh dear nature

Dont go

Don't grow old

You're crown is tarnished

I was engrossed with the gold

Fading sunlight

Slants toward evening

And the gnats buzz with less vigour

The surge of Summers health has all but vanished

And shadows cast a leaner figure

Drying and brittle foliage

And the silvering of age

I watch with sadness

And try , and try

To accept this stage

Oh autumn

Frail of hand and week of eye

I try to understand you

All I can do is cry

The brightest colours

Come at last

A final giving of your life filled heart.

Come then

Your here

I cannot deny

The sun sparkled so briefly

Beneath your youthful sky

But the signs are all there,

Oh dear autumn

I can't say goodbye.

Joe morriss

September 2018