All the crimson leaves are gone,
And all my wishes fallen
Guess it’s been a long time since
I’ve heard your music callin
My ship to a distant shore
Guess this girl don’t sail no more
For the wind that took the leaves
Turned my sails to different seas
It seems these trees, chilled to the bone,
Leave us to fare winter alone
But deep within, where work is done,
Each branch is vital as the sun
For one is the whole, and whole of the hive,
When we retreat, we are most alive
The loneliness of winter
That lingered through the spring
The delirious delight
That summertime will bring
The amenity of autumn
The harmonious quartet
Of rain and wind and you and I
The evening that we met
I’ll write a song called Autumn Light
And my, won’t you think it a sight?
‘Tween bars of gold, each note will glow,
Waving towards the ground below
And by Nature’s sweet elegy,
We three will grieve in harmony
On my street, faeries abound
In dappled light, in trinkling sounds
They lick lollies of maple sap
And wear petals as dainty caps
How she loves to wink and tease
How she makes merry on the breeze
How she shares wisdom through the trees
How she accepts us each, with ease
All the songs
All the rhymes
All the store-bought Valentines
All the fuss
All the fakes
All the excuses for a cake
All the pennies
All the wealth
All the toasts to someone’s health
All these words
Could ever be;
I know that you belong with me
Winter snowflake, autumn leaves
Soft spring and summer breeze
The wind of every season
Carries with it Q.R.V.
Should their circadian clock be whet
To toast horology
Be sure to swallow, at the fete
Une coupe de Q.R.V.
We persuaded powdered angels
Clutched hot cocoa in our hands
And whetted winter’s whimsies
In Imaginationland
malarky musings 