On the ornamental cherry the leaves <br />Hang oval and heavy, <br />Golden-green against the sun. <br />How lovely they are, <br />Like Muscat grapes awaiting harvest. <br /> <br />Perhaps a few days more they will stay <br />On the branches, enriching <br />This autumn's vintage. <br />Then October's winds will come <br />And they will drift, singly <br />Or by the dozen, to the ground. <br />To lie, glory over. <br /> <br />Except a girl will come to sweep them <br />And gather armfuls, then fling <br />Them high - letting them shower <br />Around her like fountains of Sauternes. <br />She will rejoice in their goldenness. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Copyright 2012<br /><br />Susy Evelyne<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/vintage-autumn/
