Found this on dad's ipad. It was written 11 November 2015 ♡

Thoughts on Autumn

There are dark clouds drifting over the Edge
But slices of sunlight highlight the trees
Blazing yellow and gold with autumn tints.
Patches of blue sky give hope
As I gaze from the windows
Heavy with dark thoughts for the future.

A buzzard drifts into view
Wings full of brimstone and molten gold,
On fire with late October light.
It circles the Edge
With barely the flap of its wings.
As Autumn is taking its hold
Each spent leaf that falls
Seems to take with it a memory
And I fear the emptiness,
The loss of summer bird song
And the butterflies imposing
Their colour and the mysterious
Conversation of bees.