Autumn fast approaching
Soon time to rake the yard
Summer waiting patiently
For changing of the guard
Annual flowers face demise
Bright colors fade away
Transformation of the trees
Send autumn shades our way
Pretty birds chirp happily
Before their yearly flight
Sunny days just slightly warm
More frequent cooler nights
Harvesting the garden
Gathering in the yield
Farmers tying up the shocks
Of fodder in the field
Squirrels preparing for the time
When food cannot be found
Scrounging corn and nuts and grain
Storing safely underground
Earth revolves around the sun
For God has deemed it so
Giving life to all His own
As seasons come and go
Soon, the winter winds will blow
Snow clouds all dark and gray
Drop their bounty on the Earth
Another autumn fades away
Kathleen McCoy Eldridge©
August 31, 2007
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