Autumn Breeze – Elizabeth Ayers

Autumn Breeze

An autumn breeze blows over

The fading summer air— 

My skirts swirl in the breaths

Of a wind without a care

 

School-bells loudly calling

The children back inside— 

Chipmunks scurry underground— 

Returning home to hide

 

As the leaves start falling— 

Whisp’ring to the ground— 

Warm at home in silence

Is where I can be found

 

Till icy snow has melted— 

And Proserpine appears— 

I’ll wrap my shawl around me

As autumn ever nears.

 

Author: Elizabeth Ayers