Autumn's Entrance

Autumn's soundless entrance, causes distress This changing hue shares a sense of lament As color in death seems to luminesce Whispering leaves of Summer turn silent How peaceful the world when they start to fall And move to ground in a windswept tumble To be worn by Earth as a covering shawl Turning brittle, they begin to crumble How silent the leaves as they disappear Turned to mulch by Autumn's chilly hand Dissolved by time before Winter comes near The whispering leaves are buried in land Talking Summer leaves, turn quiet and brown When Autumn brings death, without any sound 9/16/16 contest Leaves Talking