When the light smells of apples falling
Rotting amongst dewy grass browning
Fruits now diminishing downward
Within darkening rainbow skies
The mists of autumn roll in & wispy
Settling yonder hills far dampness
Green sea reaches o'er cliffs broken
Pounding shells upon pebbles strewn.
Leaves fall on fettered fungi
Year upon year gathered there
Shiny brown chestnuts hidden treasures
Prickly under foot kick them free
As coloured leaves raindrop wet
And pastures of earthy richness held
Trees reaching given nutrients deep
Sapping autumn's mantle so bright.
Harvest hopes have gathered here
Feeding man's relentless longing
Gardens begin their long winter sleeping
First the apple boughs hang heavy laden
Mellow the heart as autumn drifts in
Long days sun where sleep you now
Summer takes flight empty meadows
Swallow don't leave quiet, gone.
Berries red, blackbird yet calling
To fattened lambs & corn cobs ripening
Yellow as summer was golden
The horizon's misty mornings coming
Hilltops hidden lost till springtime
House now wrapped in arms of autumn
Wood smoke drifts through evenings golden
Glowing red hues empty & fallen.
Lacy spiders amongst the blackberries
Moisture dripping in the hedgerows bearing
Trees into winter's cold & sleeping
Under the leaves animals nesting
As butterflies sip last the nectar
Hidden then spring vanquishes winter
Rose of loveliness perfumed breeze
Fair as sun-kissed mornings lost.
Come heavy heart why mourn you now
Arise from slumbers greet the fair dawn
Breeze softly blowing memories lost
Soul's emptiness flourishing cold night
Happy the hills moonbeams shared
Upon life's goodness silvery fingers
Touches the autumn's homeland here
Forever peaceful green as England.
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