Love me by candlelight
hide my inhibitions inside your expectations
cover us with a blanket of shadows
when the flame burns low let me go
we need not seek a truth that light may bring
let this be a transitory thing

Scarlet dancing poppies
ruffled skirts flung high
pansies and geraniums
nod to an August sky
foxglove mint and rosemary
move with the wind and sway
a summer garden party
and a fragrant cabaret

Fall colours
the russet reds and yellow browns
of Summer's faded hand me downs
Autumn is the second sister

Sunset
a final blush
as evening strokes the land
with butter yellow fingers
on a soft and gentle hand
caressing and *******
and finally confessing
to a scarlet indiscretion
that the day won't understand

crushed inside a rock
it took me a million years
just to see the light

Passion
a taste of peaches
grown upon a wall
through glowing embers
love remembers
how sweet it was to fall

News from the oak tree
she sent a brown envelope
to say it's Autumn