Arrived autumn
With a visit uninvited
And by chill slowly growing

With a lesson fully dreadful
And by message all displeasing


Then arrived autumn
With a growing understanding
And by vision slowly clearing

With belief calmly growing
And by readiness to embrace


Then arrived autumn
With unpleasant companion
And with frost overwhelming

With a lack of will to stand still
And with a movement backwards drawing


Then arrived Autumn
Not the light of spring to follow
Nor a summer nor a winter

With autumn tints the forest glowing
And with leaves newly falling


Then arrived
I to visit uninvited
With a message to me ageless

Carrying the understanding
Year of autumns one to embrace