Farewell To Summer

Farewell to Summer The yellow leaves are falling, here they lie In drifts of golden coins across the ground This show of beauty nature’s last goodbye As winter’s noose is tightening around And as the sun sinks softly out of sight The forest stirs, the wind begins to talk The somber trees are bathed in glittering light Beneath the moon the restless spirits walk Inside their houses people are afraid They hide themselves from winter’s slow advance Content with fireside and food they’ve made Not I, for autumn is the time I dance I wonder what new treasure I will find Within the autumn forest of my mind