AUTUMN STORM

“A little rain each day will fill the rivers to overflowing.”

- Liberian Proverb

 

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUH7PM0-cpI

RAIN RAIN BEAUTIFUL RAIN – LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO

 

The beauty of an Autumn storm

the pallor of the sky

the tall lean silver barks of trees

leaves let out a mournful sigh

tumble down in wintry winds

on the ground they curl and die

but for now a symphony

plays golden notes amid the hue and cry

absorbed in beauty the fading light

graces the pallid canopy

in subtle nuances the landscape fades

and silently rests in dormancy

the sweet transition from season to season

is witnessed by passers-by

and only I stand here and wonder

where do the birds in Winter fly

they travel South that much I know

but do some stay behind and why

are they never seen except scant few

the Robin Redbreast and the solemn Magpie

the dried out river bed meanders

soon it will fill when the heavens comply

and fish will soon swim again while the Salamander

nods knowingly from his damp cool quarters nearby

I rest awhile; take in the air before I am on my way

to see the lions; I hear their roars; I know they are close by.

 

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