It Started To Get Dark At Six
It Started To Get Dark At Six 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:
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