Life Goes On

Darker green, even darker clouds Misty velvet the summer shrouds And the suns kiss a sweet au revoir Golds and browns now sit the hour Cooler winds and falling leaves Stubble fields and swaying trees The cattle's slow and heavy gait The squirrel stores for winters fate Arthritic joints they warn of cold The Holly shows its berries bold And to the frost the Robin sings As the Ravens caw reality brings From the north clouds will come Merciless, and death for some Boots and wellies at the door Life goes on as before