Arrived autumn

With a visit uninvited

And by chill slowly growing

With a lesson fully dreadful

And by message all displeasing



Then arrived autumn

With a growing understanding

And by vision slowly clearing

With belief calmly growing

And by readiness to embrace



Then arrived autumn

With unpleasant companion

And with frost overwhelming

With a lack of will to stand still

And with a movement backwards drawing



Then arrived Autumn

Not the light of spring to follow

Nor a summer nor a winter

With autumn tints the forest glowing

And with leaves newly falling



Then arrived

I to visit uninvited

With a message to me ageless

Carrying the understanding

Year of autumns one to embrace