Poetry - Autumn's end

This little gem was written in November 2000 before my illness when I was in the middle of gaining an English Literature degree. I was living in Germany.

Autumn’s End

Amber stone hung low in the sky; Demeter’s harvest moon. A lone bird stirs in early dusk ‘Mid pale and pearly blues.

Frost’s fingers touch the cooling earth As Ra descends—a western Death. N…