Slowly Fading
Summer is slowly fading.
The yellow August sun
Painting fields in gold.
The green giving way
To a multitude of colour,
On its way to brown.
Summer segues to autumn
As days shorten
And warmth drains
From the air.
Will will tear
The multi-coloured leaves
From branches,
Leaving skeletal trees
For Winter to hang
With tears and ice.
Another summer slowly unloads
Electricity from its battery.
Preparing for hibernation
And the long wait
To awaken once again.
Opher – 19.8.2020
Morning Opher,
Officially, in the Northern Hemisphere, Summer ends on Tuesday 22 September (how precise is that!), so there’s time-a-aplenty for a late summer blooming before the plethora of gods and goddesses of autumn and winter descend.
Thus far, its a warm, windless sunny day. Perfect weather to ramble.
DN
Lol Dewin, you are right – maybe we will have a late flourish – but I am already discerning that autumn feel – there’s a hint on the breeze. But we can’t complain. We’ve had a long run and it keeps giving. Cloudy here today – but not too cold.