Fall

When the rain and cool winds blow
and the sky is full of greys and greys
and clouds seem to block the shining sun
when winds blow bitterly
You know its getting close.

Fall, with the blue skys and orange leaves
Fall, with the cool winds and washing rains
Fall, with its bright colors and harvest
Fall, with the coming of death and bleakness

I love the way that Fall sneaks in
at the end of August, while summer
fights to keep warming the earth
And Winter waits patently to take over
I love the Fall.

Fall, with the ripening pumpkins orange
Fall, with apples and apple pies
Fall, with the leaf piles and naked trees
Fall, with the darkening sky