'As imperceptibly as Grief <br />The Summer lapsed away' <br />No matter how tightly i hung on <br />The Summer would not stay! ; <br />The Autumn came in heavily <br />Weighted by its dying leaves <br />Their burnished-russet just blew away <br />Taken by more than an Autumn breeze; <br />For it 'twas an icy-icy wind <br />That took my mother that day <br />'Twas but a thief in the November night <br />Blanketed in: Grief Stricken Clouds Of grey; <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />For my mother <br />Who shares a birthday with Emily Dickinson <br />Using: 'As imperceptibly as Grief the Summer lapsed away' <br />As my inspiration <br />This was an Emily Dickinson quote <br /> <br />Missing you still this day, mama <br /> <br /> <br />By: Theodora Onken <br /> <br />April 7,2012<br /><br />Theodora (Theo) Onken<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/summer-fall/
