Grinning pumpkins, falling leaves,
Dancing scarecrows, twirling breeze,
Colour, colour everywhere,
Autumn dreams are in the air! Autumn is a woman growing old,
Ready to let what is dead go,
Her youthful radiance has faded, and that's sad,
But underneath she discovers a
spread of colours she didn't know she had. Little children screech and run,
Ghosts and goblins having fun,
Colour, colour everywhere,
Autumn dreams are in the air! Around her a kaleidoscope of leaves are whirling.
Deep within her visions stir of new life that will be,
A budding, a flowering, a promise unfurling.
Autumn is a woman growing old,
Ready to let what is dead go. Calico kittens, rain falling rat-a-tat-tat,
Big full moon, funny black cats,
Colour, colour everywhere,
Autumn dreams are in the air!
Mary Naylor