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.


Anthony Hartill is lost in the woods.

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