Wednesday 3 October 2018

Autumn




The Autumn Salon

Today the tree is flush
with bronze and ochre highlights 
and ringlets of clustered red berries
Its roots are still green
And its need for a new tint and colour apparent

And though I will daily sweep 
and gather its shorn clippings
for reconstruction as mulch
or fertiliser or compost extensions

Sometime between now and Winter’s end
I will stop noticing
And the sight of its shaven pate in January
will startle me, and beg the question:
When did that happen?


Copyright with Cathy Leonard 2018

1 comment:

  1. Daily sweep! Maybe if I didn't spend so much time looking at my grey roots in the mirror I would too!

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