Autumnites

Autumn is the end
Of accumulation
Of abundance
Of saturation
Of profusion

The flowering of spring
Ripens in summer
To be enjoyed
To be shared
In the maturity of Autumn

We, too, are nature
The pollination
Of our youthful Springites
And the hard work
From our middle-aged Summerites
Become the wisdom
The honey
Of the Autumnites

Autumn is the time
For the 70-80 year olds
To clean out their coffers
To disperse their seeds

For one must enter winter
Naked

The Winterites are bare-boned
And fragile
They gave everything away
In Autumn
And need only
The energy of the Springites
The love and tending by the Summerites
And warm honey from the Autumnites

To complete the cycle

bjbeyers 03 Oct 2023