A Nice Autumn Day

The leaves are now brown on the deciduous trees And there is a coolness in the afternoon breeze It rained for a couple of hours overnight And everywhere looks so fresh in the Autumn sunlight Late Autumn it can be a nice time of year Not warm or cold though the Winter is near Without biting flying insects one can sleep safe and sound In bedroom no buzzing mosquitoes around The flowers of the Autumn have gone to decay And the calendar Winter just nine sleeps away Yet last night in the moonlight the magpies did sing And each passing day one day nearer to Spring And in the afternoon sunshine aided by the cool breeze The brown leaves are falling from their mother trees.