A Year Dwindling Down

A turn and tilt from earth to sun Your hot desire for summer fun Eases into autumn’s tempering mood A mellow scene of colorful cool Restful, contemplative soothe. Dangling leaves restless to descend With bright flare, a path to transcend In metamorphosis from living to dying Needing a break from ever striving Decomposing after its release Life’s dizzy cycle, thus to repeat Idle summer gives way to fall Now ancient pulse of season’s call Gathers its own to its beckoning bosom. Daze of heat wanes within the valleys O’re the hillsides rich crops rally Waking harvests to reap in peak prime Nearing nirvana with abundance sublime. Written on 9/27/2020