Autumn Poem by Jeff Bresee

At last, I pause at eventide to take rest
amidst the shadows of the setting sun.

And as I watch I cannot help but ponder…
what could be the meaning of the falling leaves before me
returning gently to the earth from whence they came?

Are they as fading memories of spring and summer days gone by?
Or, are they as a beckoning voice calling to me from the unknown ways
of the cool and dimming days which lie yet ahead?

And again, what impression rides on the chill of the air,
which has returned to join, once again, the shadows of evening?

Is it an answer to the muddled prayers
of countless parched days and dusty ways?
Or, is it a subtle sign sent to urge
and remind that the days draw short,
and winter's night approaches.

Yes, I sit and ponder and in stillness watch the final rays of light
knowing, that the darkness will lead to the night's dream,
from whence the colored days of the morrow shall be born.