Autumn's tides of change

            Bird migrations, angled rays
            of sunshine, marking shorter days;
            rouging apples, dewy grass
            soon to frost like crystalled glass;
 
            From bumblebees a busy hum
            ‘round aster and chrysanthemum;
            woodpile stacked, a heaping hill;
            windows closed against the chill;
 
            Burrowed turtles, misting waters,
            rounded prows of pregnant daughters.
            A Fall replete with tidal surge;
            a great retreat, a great emerge.
 
My 60th year in 60,000 words
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