Farewell To Summer

Golden leaves Fall to rot in puddles. The party’s over The guests left with the sun. The wine’s all gone We drank it til we were dizzy The summer is lost It left We were all too busy With our own farewells to even wave adieu. Farewell. Farewell to summer And the beauty it lent our lives. The winter snows Will never know, The Christmas bells be mute, The rain that melts that self same snow For springtime’s garden of youth Will never know The beauty it lent our lives. Farewell. Harsh The winds now with us The falling rain Adds force to the driving wind. A single leaf A lingering kiss of sunshine Holding fast In a naked tree Seems out of place Resilient A life among the death. Or is it sleeping Is life wrapped up in warmth Beneath the bark Sleeping there in waiting For the sunshine In the springtime As the dawn to light the dark. Farewell Farewell to summer. Too late the smile It’s gone We’ll sleep in the warmth of your memory And smile at your sunshine dawn Farewell.