Autumn Morning
Burgundy leaves wave
goodbye to summer
as I take my morning walk
through the nearby woods.
Back home
flickering flames in the stove
warm my shivering bones
while on the kitchen table
the lit wick of a
pumpkin candle smells
like the goodness of fall.
Sipping oolong tea
with milk clouding its surface,
I watch brown and yellow leaves
waltz in the wind.
©Vincent O’Connor. All rights reserved.
First published in the September 2020 issue of winamop.
Photo by Lina Kivaka.
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