I watch the sun as it shines
on the last of the beautiful leaves
I watch as one floats to the ground
Gently on the soft, caressing breeze

I watch and listen....
To squirrels chatter as they scatter
Munching, storing, crunching nuts
With hopes of growing fatter

Canadian geese fly over my head
Honking their sad and lonely goodbyes
On their way to somewhere warmer
HUH?! I cant believe my eyes...

While I was lost deep in my thoughts
The winds of change had started to blow
The air had grown colder, the sky grew darker
And down came white flakes of snow

As I silently say farewell to fall
I pause to take one last look
Time to go in, sit before the fire
With a cup of hot tea and a good book