Autumn 2012

 

 

Autumn Leaves

 

P.F. Freeman

 

There's a murmur of reluctance

From every leaf

As it Flutters an' falls to the earth -

Reluctant to leave a motherly branch

That had given it life and birth.

Branches that rock to a turbulent wind

Give forth a weird an' mournful sound,

When once gay leaves go tumbling down

to cover an' blanket the frozen ground.

 

Leaves that fall lay in bounteous heaps

To swiftly decay on an autumnal plain,

Leaving but the memory of a summer pass'd

Unto occult space, me'er to return again.

Creaking branches left bare an' lonely

Sing a mournful dirge as each one grieves

For the wanton departure of favorite offspring's,

And the passing of the Autumn leaves.