First Autumn Leaf

Just look through glass where shadows play
Autumn song in frost's dew-worm day
where trees are streamed with dappled light
as flamed Summer fire takes its flight
to corkscrew where new cool notes sway.


Window reveals lost leaf's dismay
it streaks a tear on courtyard grey
yet sand and sea a child's delight.
Just look through glass~~~


A hundred sunsets now display.
I pick up Autumn leaf and pray
this now curled red-cheek child sleeps tight
'till winter dreams spin mists to light
to flame and find lost Summer's day.
Just look through glass~~~