Autumn     ©goggle image

Autumn is a beautiful time of year. The trees are changing from their summer clothes and donning various autumn-fall colors. Beautiful crimsons, golden yellows, mustards and cadmium, verdant grassy greens fading to blue and purple with each morning’s dew; a feast for our eyes to witness before the impending winter snows. It is a memory for me, as I don’t experience those changes here in my beloved Florida. Still, a walk near the shore at the beach on a balmy, windy day with peaceful ocean sounds has replaced those fall days left behind.

Autumn Leaves       ©goggle image

Autumn: A Will I Must Obey

The green, green grass of summer
has changed to shades of brown,
And the smiling face of an autumn
is looking like a circus clown.

Crimson leaves and purple sunsets,
too, soon will fade away,
For nature and the seasons
know a will they must obey.

Grass isn’t green forever,
and nothing gold can stay,
But springtime follows winter
When the snow melts away.

2023©Isadora DeLaVega