Shades of Autumn

Shades of Autumn As autumn twirls her colored skirt Tree’s brilliant leaves dance round and round. When the joyous dancing ends they Display a carpet on the ground. Hues that merge...orange, gold and red, Even more beautiful in death... Their patchwork quilt on forest floor Still captures ways to take our breath. Bounty beneath the harvest moon Blesses each family abode With crops that feed a hungry world From tiny seedlings that were sowed. To work the fields is no small feat. Harvesting from our sacred earth, Farmers with hard work now complete, Begin in winter t'ward spring's birth. Just like the seasons we too grow Beginning with spring of our birth, Into our summer bearing kin... Beholding joys of autumn's worth. Then lastly winter white arrives With wisdom spread across the years. With grace of God in how we've lived We share good-byes with snow flake tears. © Connie Marcum Wong