Another Autumn Day
by Anthony Hartill
Another autumn
Another autumn day
Another dying of the leaves
A flame before the fall
A flame before ashes blow
A flame it flickers and it dies
Another year broken
Another spring’s waste
Another leaf that has passed away
I count the leaves upon the ground
I count them like the years
I count them till the number’s done
I turn the earth
The earth it turns
And turns until it has all been turned away.
Another autumn day
Another dying of the leaves
A flame before the fall
A flame before ashes blow
A flame it flickers and it dies
Another year broken
Another spring’s waste
Another leaf that has passed away
I count the leaves upon the ground
I count them like the years
I count them till the number’s done
I turn the earth
The earth it turns
And turns until it has all been turned away.
Anthony Hartill is lost in the woods.