Is not this a true autumn day?
Just the still melancholy that I love
– that makes life and nature harmonise.
The birds are consulting
about their migrations,
the trees are putting on
the hectic or the pallid hues of decay,
and begin to strew the ground,
that one’s very footsteps
may not disturb the repose
of earth and air,
while they give us a scent
that is a perfect anodyne
to the restless spirit.
Delicious autumn!
My very soul is wedded to it,
and if I were a bird
I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.
May 2019 – Aravina Estate, Perth, Western Australia.
Elegantly • Chaos 