Waiting for spider webs

October 26, 2011 at 3:22 pm (Uncategorized)

Winter stalks us, through the maze of fall colors.

Frosty mornings and bright fall leaves tell the tale.

Summer is gone and spring is only dream’d of distantly.

 

Flies seek shelter in the house, buzzing madly.

Birds eat seeds before venturing further south.

Northern lights sparkle and snap in the colder air.

 

Winter seeks us, through grey clouds and north winds.

Frost dabs the last of the flowers in an icy shroud.

Summer has fled from us, taking her long days with her.

 

Cattle and horses browse the last fall grasses, hay waits.

Little boys dream of snow forts, sledding and Christmas.

Mama’s wait for spider webs, the promise of Indian summer.

 

Winter pauses before us, as the sun shines bright and webs fly.

Frost flees quickly before a warm fall sun, a last snap of summer!

Summer left the spider webs and when they fly so will summer’s shadow.

 

Last warm days mean playing in fields and putting things away.

Fall suppers, brightly colored grasses and warm afternoons

Give us one last taste of summer before the chill winter comes home.

 

Winter wait for us, don’t come yet. I’m not done with fall’s warmth.

Frost, hold your chilly brushes and paint here not yet.

Summer, don’t flee yet. Leave with the spider webs when they fly.

 

Copyright 2011 Shanyn Silinski

For Gooseberry http://gooseberrygoespoetic.blogspot.com/2011/10/poetry-picnic-week-10-nature-forest.html