AUTUMN IS UPON US

The summer season is over 
The warms days have been and gone 
Autumn is upon us 
Now the cold shall run 
The grass will relinquish colour 
Tinged in yellow ream 
The emeralds will wither to citrine 
And bring in the sporadic autumn rains 
To wash away our mortal sins 

The trees shall shed their colour 
Emeralds turn to copper
And flutter to the floor
The wind will pick them up 
And you won’t see them anymore 

The skies will get much darker 
Earlier than before 
The street lights come on earlier
Now summer shut her doors

The wind will blow much colder 
Sending shivers down your spine 
Extra clothing needed  
And some nice warm mulled wine 
To warm you from the inside 

The wildlife knows autumn is upon them 
They busily gather their supplies 
Squirrels high above 
Gather nuts 
And then in their holes
they’ll hide

Birds in graceful wing, Shall wonder
As they begin to migrate 
And in the pale of grey above us 
Birds will separate and  
Murmuration will take place 
And in the sky above us 
pretty patterns they will make 
They fly in military formation 
To warmer climates new 
And their they’ll stay till next year 
And return when skies are blue 
    
The new day shall bring dew drops 
they settle in spiders web 
and their they’ll  hang like diamonds
as the day does ebb
the cold will bring in spiders 
in your home they will hide 
their looking for a mate 
another with eight eyes   

The morning frost shall covet 
The ground like powdered ice 
And underneath your window sill 
Stalagmites shall hide

You know when autumn is upon us 
When the morning grass crunches under foot 
You slip and slide and lose your footing 
And end up on your butt

Puddles are no longer puddles
Instead mini icing rinks 
Where you walk through before
Now you’d stop and think