It started to get dark at six
Before September met its end
The fall had surely settled in
The dark time of the year begun
Spring now seemed so much like a dream
So far behind, so far ahead
And in between the then and now
Less sun, more days of grey instead

Before you know October comes
And with it autumn winds will blow
To strip the leaves from aspen trees
And show bare branches to the sky
Their swaying motions seem to me
Like grasping arms that want to hold
Onto autumn, keep it a while
Long past the time when it should leave

But autumn had to say goodbye
To give space for the winter time
To have its turn as seasons will
Before it then in turn gives way
To vernal equinox and spring
But in between the now and then
There would be stormy, snowy days
To endure til the springtime came

A season leaves, a season comes
We take the seasons as they come
Though with the autumn equinox
There seems to be a change in thought
A poignant feeling hangs around
The woods, infusing in the mind
A sense of longing and of loss
That will remain till solstice time

For when the blizzards sweep the land
And temperatures dip down real low
It sometimes kindles primal fears
That are unsettling at the time
We look ahead to equinox
A wistful longing just for spring
When warmth once returns again
And we are given longer light

 
Submitted By: Wayne Taylor