Autumn Soliloquy

Autumn Soliloquy / 19 October 2016

You set the season into motion
Make the leaves to fall away
To remind us that the temporal and 
The visible cannot, will not, stay 

You make nighttime come quicker 
Tilt the earth away from the sun 
To show that without the Light
Our earthly dreams come undone 

You blow gusts of chilly wind
To rustle and rip away delicate leaves 
To remind us that our frail dependency 
Is greater than we first perceived

But also there is steadfast hope: 
You slowly strip the branches bare
To show that when everything is gone
The roots, the trunk--You--are still there

You paint scarlets, yellows, ambers--
Brilliant hues of color in the trees
To show us that our seasons' endings 
Are also beautiful as they bring us to our knees 

You imagined the wonder, the beauty, 
The marvelous splendor of fall
As a reminder that surrender to change
Brings the greatest joy and peace of all.

--Alisa Ligman
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