Walking down the garden path <br />From the house you do not own, <br />Once again you think of how <br />Cool the autumns were at home. <br />Dressed as if you had just left <br />The courtyard of the summer palace, <br />Walk the boundaries of the park, <br />Count the steps you take each day - <br />Miles that span no distances, <br />Journeys in sunlight toward the dark. <br /> <br />Sit and watch the daylight play <br />Idly on the tops of leaves <br />Glistening overhead in autumn's <br />Absolute dominion. <br />Nothing lost by you excels <br />These empires of sunlight. <br />But even here the subtle breeze <br />Plots with underlying shadows. <br />One gust of wind and suddenly <br />The sun is falling from the trees.<br /><br />Dana Gioia<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/emigre-in-autumn/
