DM Babbit Poet Rhyme

Autumn Chill

Suddenly, the nights grow colder
 harvest moon shadows cast haunting images 
 across my steps and shoulders
 with fearful imagined figures  limitless
 and the midnight walks once taken
 seek shelter after being stirred and shaken.

Leaves fall floating and softly windblown
 beneath twinkling stars and planets bright
 with cricket chirp fine-tuned and honed
 as creatures unseen walk the night
 with pumpkin shells and piled leaves
 autumn chills the body aches in truths we believe.

Let the summer take its rest
 all things return to life tasks
 having surpassed vacations guests
 we return to work and study masks
 warmed and seared by the summer sun
 we find playtime is done.

Rake the leaves and pick the last flowers
 seasons change and time moves on quick
 sunrise and set lay now in shorter hours
 before we start the dark is thick
 and spring to summer falls to autumn chill
 with winter waiting to freeze and thrill.

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