Autumn’s Embrace By McKenzie Reitmayer

Summer’s warmth begins to end

Bringing autumn’s golden hue

Gentle shade and breeze anew

Ember leaves softly descend

Sweet hands concoct our frown’s bend

Smiles that feasts and scarves renew

With rich harvests to pursue

Possibly transcend

Yet beauty blinds us to fact

In allure and glow death hides

Aesthetics seem to retract

From farewells to silken tides

With a mask of gold, distract

From a grim smile that derides.

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