Autumn

Leaves blushing in the brilliant sun, Grass dusty with the early frost, Birds catching early morning flights-- Long days of summer now are lost. Crops gleaned now from the farmer’s fields, Ground shivering in its naked frame, Fog brooding in the west horizon-- All nature just is not the same. Once brilliant with the blazing sun, Now summer’s days are quickly gone; School bells now call the children in-- All this comes now as autumn dawns. Another of my "secular poems."