watching and waiting
famished scavengers perch high,
on All Hallows Eve
While I cherish Autumn
dressed in splendorous colours
accompanied with warm days and nights,
and brilliant starlit skies,
there is a sadness of loss,
the loss of life in my garden.
Not for another dreary six months
will the earth warm enough,
the sun shine vibrantly enough,
to renew my life once again...