Monday, August 31, 2009

The Final Season


The Final Season

In the gardens so anticipated
When the summer just began
Stand plants naked of the produce
That grandma already canned

The children are almost happy
To see their many friends
as the school doors are opened wide
and the students are filing in

Summer tans will soon be fading
and the air will chill each night
when Halloween approaches
to bring an autumn fright

Trees will be undressing
with colors so defined
as a painting could do no justice
before their leaves are left behind

Autumn brings such wonder
and hope for a better year
but it also is the time in life
that many often fear

For winter comes right behind it
and it closes the book of life
Some see it as ending paradise
Others look forward to ending their strife

But whatever winter brings you
if not another year
Be certain that there's a spring ahead
both far away and here

Marian
August 28, 2009

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