dance with me

crackling leaves blaze yellow,
burn orange hot like autumn sun.
cool azure sky glints through
branched windows. sun rays jump
jaunty like jitterbuggers jiving
on concrete dance floors. flickering
lights give way to moon full bright.
dark skies clear, chill limbs stiff.
trees lean left reluctant pressed
by winds foretelling frigid coming.
morning rises, warms, heats hot.
dance begins again. leaves flutter,
burn red, falling brown. trees sigh,
bare-limbs forlorn. fall dance over.


© Cheri Paris Edwards 2007