Cold And Dark Evening In Autumn

Darkness envelops outside and it's dark inside Even if this lamp shines over my computer, I still feel the cold and dark autumn Now claiming its rule over spring and summer. In the garden and across the pavement Lie the fallen red and yellow leaves, waiting for caring hands to collect them for compost; Burn or deliver them to containers for garbage. It is cold inside and it's dark outside My heart longs for bursting flowers, for butterflies, for green fields and singing birds, for long days with freedom and sunshine. Drops of rain kiss the ground and our skin - Announcing the cold and dark days in the air. Just be prepared for another change: the coming of much colder, longer and darker winter. ____________________ October 18,2016