Fall has arrived <br />And with it <br />The enigmatic ebullience of being alive. <br />As colors caress catharsis and sweet smells soothe serene <br />The wayward wind whistles a melancholy tune, <br />Prophesying: 'It will all end, and quite soon.' <br />Even thus the forshadowed finish <br />Seems ultimately right, <br />As leaves from their worldly place <br />Take quiet flight. <br />And by instinct the free flying birds <br />Decide to follow the great calling <br />Of which, it seems, only they have heard. <br />The entire world joins to sing: <br />An epiphany has surely fell, <br />Throughout all creation <br />With an efficacious word to tell... <br />For the old passes on <br />and all becomes new, <br />as nature here gives a glimpse <br />of the most astounding view. <br />- Oh, but how, how to describe the undefinable depth of life, <br />Life I find in the aura of fall? <br />How to express what I hear <br />In its mournful longing call? ... (sigh) ... <br />I feel as one pleasingly possessed <br />By an intimate devine beau geste. <br />I know not where it leads <br />Only that I earnestly desire to go, <br />To that holy realm that the fall <br />Does deeply intend to show. <br />- Autumn's allegorical allure <br />Pierces my somber soul, <br />Like a heated knife <br />With pain and warmth, <br />Producing an urgent desire <br />For a truer life. <br />More than any other, this time of year, <br />Brings the sensation that creation seems to sigh, and to say: <br />'God's long awaited completion draws ever near.' <br /> - <br />This is only part of what I feel <br />In the cool autumn breeze, <br />A mere portion of what I see <br />In the blazing fallen leaves. <br />A sense, and a vision of renewal <br />For all that has fatally fell, <br />Enduring unto an exultant ending <br />That each story shall finally, beyond the fall, fully tell.<br /><br />Smoky Hoss<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/fall-108/
