Ode to Autumn

a sense of longing trails each autumn

a leaf makes a change of costume and

spirals away in a wistul farewell dance

the year makes a ceremonious bidding

before turning earth into a page of white

for us to recollect and write down the memory of each day

leaf by leaf the wind tears away autumn

orchestrating a skeletal frame to rake our

thoughts of the year, instilling in us the anticipation for

another sparkling spring, blazing summer...

autumn helps us compose the days

we shed our clothes for a new

spring and sunbath a new shade

a charged bodice every cell

surges with a burst of portent energy

every autumn leaves an aftertaste of

the soothing and mellow sound

of violin where every note comes

alive with a bright orange hue the weight

of longing and anticipation

John Tiong Chunghoo