October’s child

October’s child is
bright and fair
golden leaves

woven through
her long auburn

hair

Midst apple orchards
pumpkins and squash
Sharing a bountiful

harvest

When suddenly

there is a chill
the clouds overhead
look scary and

dark
with empty fields
bare of berries and nuts
I am saddened

for asters and mums
as fallen petals weep

for lack
of sun
their seeds soon

sealed in coffins
of seeping sod
When she sees my tears
waving goodbye

---

For “While the earth

remains
seedtime and harvest
Cold and heat
winter and summer
and day and night
shall not cease” *

---

• Book of Beginnings
• Chapter 8:22 [ quote