Fall Comes,With Quiet Changes
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A difficult poem,one of my very old ones,which I'll be tossing out here for awhile, until I get my stride back. Hope it suits.
Fall Comes, With Quiet Changes
The dying-time of Summer things has come;
Leaves burn with color, fall with lessening light.
The cadence of change beats on my heart's hollow drum,
The Spirit of Fall descends with the cold of night.
Youth's fire burns quietly now,
No longer leaps from highs to lows,
Feeds my wisdom's tree, now stronger, firmer fruit upon the bough
As now the passion does not burn, but glows.
Turning towards twilight, day spun out to its final thread
A somehow colder, brighter sun
Touches the last of summer's green, softening red
Lighting a landscape of life undone.
Again let the passion that ruled my soul,
Inspiration showing forth with voiceless shout
Kindle the fire within the coal
To escape the grey sting of the storm without.
Youth's mad energy is nearly spent
But not the strength that lies below.
The depth of meaning this Autumn's falling sent
Will color my world to the dim time of the snows.
Copyright © William Masonis | Year Posted 2021
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