This Autumn Farewell
Amid the dull browns of
Climate changed autumn
Brilliant beauty
Lay at my feet
No longer trapped
On its branch
A month and another
Warm days
Despite autumn's light
Wintry days
Before their time
Strong winds
Time and again
Whipped the leaf
At long last
Forced its release
Defied the tree’s grip
Bright red veins
Shone in the sun
Its leaving
Announced
Amid the dull tones of
Climate changed autumn
This brilliant leaf
Shouts its farewell
Bids us enter
Endless winter of
Extinction