Fall Foliage Feelings

Some poetic thoughts inspired by late fall in Texas …

FALL FOLIAGE FEELINGS

The trees have gotten a little more bare;

A few more leaves just fell.

The weather, poised on a knife’s edge of impending change

High winds rise, fall, rise again and change direction,

While clouds mass, then dissipate,

And skies darken hither and yon.

A clear, bright sun hits a cobalt blue canvas,

Framing the fall-tinged red oaks’ leaf-dying beauty.

Poignancy, introspection and bits of melancholy

Are the hoped-for fruits of a leaf-dying soul —

Autumnal moods for autumnal days

In a sometimes sadness-gilded autumnal life.