The Year is Moving On

The days are getting shorter and it’s noticeable already

That darkness falls much earlier than on the longest day;

The weather may be warmer now than at the end of June,

But there’s no doubt that autumn is now truly on its way.

The leaves will shortly start to turn to shades of brown and yellow,

Getting ready for the time when they will start to fall,

Leaving all the branches on the trees completely bare,

So they appear as silhouettes, the short, the wide, the tall.

And with the autumn come the winds, the equinoctial gales,

The weather changing daily, as the summer’s blow away,

And winter marches in with all its iciness and rain,

And summer’s light and colour is replaced by winter’s grey.