by Debra Dando

Created on: October 31, 2008   Last Updated: November 28, 2008

'Autumn Thoughts'

The low morning sun blinds my view,

but I treasure its warmth -

clinging to diminishing salad days.

Golden leaves fall in gentle showers to the earth -

bountiful trees slowly baring their souls

yet reasserting their strength,

standing bolder against the amber sky.

I cannot help but feel a sense of sadness in the air,

of summer days drawing to an end,

beauty fading.

Come the Spring & nature will enjoy

its fresh & vibrant re-birth

but I'll have changed -

fading in maturity,

weakening in vitality.

As I pass beneath your proud extended boughs,

I contemplate whose footsteps I have followed here,

& who is yet to marvel at

nature's ever-renewing beauty.

Learn more about this author, Debra Dando.
Click here to send this author comments or questions.