Jewels

Autumn is the scarves around necks and the boots on feet.

Autumn is the sapphire sky growing dimmer with each hour.

Autumn is the crunching of leaves and the snapping of twigs.

Autumn is the rosying cheeks and red-tipped ears.

Autumn is the beginning and the beginning of the end of a new year.

Autumn is the cinnamon and apple-picking without reaching too high.

Autumn is the morning diamonds, wet on webs and leaves and grass on the verge of dying.

Autumn is worn book pages under fingers beginning to tire.

Autumn is the warm dusting of colors on tree tops, the ombré from green to gold, orange to red.

Autumn is the jewels in eyes glittering with the rain.

Autumn is the steam from a mug held in chilled hands, not quite ready to yet 

fall 

off.

-Suzanne 

(So sorry this is late! I wrote it Thursday but for some reason it never posted.)