[CLOSED] - Poets Pub 2020 - Biggest Competition Ever Vol. 1

The Autumn of Childhood (spacetodream) wk-4

The Autumn of Childhood

Oh how joyful the autumn of childhood days,

running, jumping, laughing in piles of burnished bronze, ruby, gold!

Sunlit rainbows of fall color dancing in chilly breezes,

inviting us to play in sunlight spilling, rain pouring,

swirling delight under silvery moon shining.

Oh how careless we frolicked, mindless of hours,

leaping, bounding, skipping, heedless of cold and damp!

Crashing through castles of foliage, keen with magic

wonder bursting sharp, full, bright

vivid and shining as our kaleidoscopic eyes.

Oh how quick and merciless the passage of time,

ticking, chugging, rushing - a roaring steam train!

Autumn turning to winter in a flurry of fallen snow,

each delicate flake glistens a memory faded,

youth's distant shadow of simplicity, astonishing love.