The First of Autumn

The world you once held without effort or care

Starts bending your back when the first touch of autumn chills the air

The music is gone, you look to the trees

Silence moves in with the first hush of autumn on the breeze

Did the summer end suddenly

Wasn’t it just the spring

How dare the birds go

Before winter’s snow

With so many tunes left to sing

You feel something pull into place round your neck

You notice these things when the first breath of autumn hits your chest