Winter’s In The Air

Now the leaves have fallen
They’re lying on the ground
Autumn’s many colored blanket
Has turned a brittle brown

And now we wait for winter
wearing his hoary crown
he steals our body’s heat
And chills us to the bone

His arrival brings the holidays
To warm our hearts again
The solstice and the new year
Joys to tide us till spring

–LE

Originally written on 12/1/83 and revised 9/15/23