A Scene in an Autumn Day


The dazzling gold in the leaves
Is sunlight’s dance (as it weaves)
Through the rhyme of fall

So beautiful, I won’t ask for all
Of the magnificence lest it fades
Into memory of old days

If winter comes before I know
I’ll hide my regrets under snow
May they freeze, then melt

Into a sea of the unsettling guilt
Of what I wish for what I can’t
Utter loud as birds chant