My Autumn Has Come Poem by Tony Adah

In the days that the wind blew
Everything went dry
Green leaves no longer green but yellow-brown
The blind could guess
That autumn had come.
Upon my head
Black hair wore gray parches
The foghorn blared from the harbour side
At last everything was golden gray
The autumn had touched my side
My milk teeth fell
The wisdom teeth that took their place
Began to wear away;
A tiger now began a meal of snails;
The days are here
My autumn has come
I will pass away;
Dash everything I have to the world
And myself back to mother earth.