Autumn
Lying down to sleep
Yawning seductively
Harvest complete
Tucking
Her gilt straw blanket
Oh so snuggly
Around mossy feet
Plumping
Vast Earth pillows against
Leaf loosening winds
Winter’s heartbeat.
Wrapping
Her loving mother arms
Around belly burgeoning
With Spring’s birth seeds.
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