The Call Of Autumn

Late August and something is heard.

Can you hear it?

mornings - cold now

and something is calling

with summers end 

you feel a change

these

the last days of sunshine

and the weather is cooling

it calls

over the last icecream of summer

you notice

the last blue skies above you - do you hear it?

Time to change your wardrobe 

for the days of September shorten

quickly they shorten

children are soon back to school

switch on the heating!

For the leaves on trees will soon be around your feet as you walk the streets - crunching under foot

dead

it's time to swallow that bitter pill

do you hear it?

Listen!

That is the call of Autumn

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(Haiku)

Early morning and

the colours of autumn drove

me to write haiku

Autumn Has Come Upon Me

Autumn has come upon me.
My leaves are turning a mellow red.
The bright golds and ochres which lay hidden,
now burst forth!
The desire to please people,
do the right thing thing,
conform and fit in -
lay 'round my feet like autumn leaves,
waiting to decay and nourish the years which remain to me.

I now know myself.
Who I am,
what I am,
what I believe in!
I have a confidence which only years can bring.
I can sense winters approach,
I have been here before.
The shorter days,
the chill,
the winds tell me my time in this place is limited,
I must make best use of the time I have.

I'm not turning inwards.
There is no melancholy here.
Autumn is a beginning too!
The beginning of it's long dark evenings.
Evenings to create,
snuggle warm 'round roaring log fires,
share tales with loved ones,
eat hearty food and take long walks
kicking the piles of golden leaves which others have shed.

Autumn has come upon me,
bringing experience,
wisdom and endless possibilities.