Autumn's Legacy
Autumn comes on whispering breeze
Whistling gently through the trees
The greens turn to golds and reds
Like giant paintbrushes dipped in color
Against a palette sky of blue and white
Soft colorful carpets underfoot crunch
With the sounds of squirrels hoarding nuts
Jumping and running through piles of leaves
Storing their bounty in planters and eaves
Like miserly Scrooges hiding their prize
The mornings are cool and days are sunny
Evenings need coverlets and warm blankets
Cats stop shedding and their fur grows lush
Needing less care with scissors and brush
Their thick ruff like a full clowns collar
Summer may have left for many months
Winter is coming swift and on icy feet
Meanwhile we can enjoy nature's circus
With vivid colors and prancing maples
Deep blood red with veins of orange entwined
Ah! Autumn! Such a show by Mother Nature
Her cloak of many shades fluttering about
Her artists hand in every mountain and plain
She weaves her magic in our eyes and minds
Brightens our world before the drab days to come
Copyright ( c) BY TERRY ROMANOFF
AUTHOR OR “Life Happens While We Are Making Other Plans and
“The Chair’