youth and vitality gone
drinks of red wine
at candle lit fires
spring with its heavenly hope
summer with its fanciful colors
bidding farewells and adieus
crisp golden colors of autumn
falling leaves so ever gently
to the ground so cold
slowly eaten by winter's claws
frost bitten and on hibernation
after the waning days of summer
slowly and painfully
the butterflies and the busy bees
that were buzzing and humming
all gone, muted as silence rules...
