Autumn's Approach

While we are picking blackberries, 

ripened by the summer sun,

While we are planning long lazy days at the beach,

While we are eating watermelon fresh from the garden,

and summer sweetness runs dripping 

down our sun-warmed skin,

While our attention is diverted...

Autumn is quietly creeping in.

We find her flags flying, 

beneath an August-Blue sky.

As she sings of comfort,

and the meadow grasses nod their sleepy heads.

Wherever you are, whatever the weather, I wish you a beautiful end of August.