Autumn's End

Petals of summer's gold
Golden, crisp yet unyielding,
Crisp yet unyielding,
Only to a slight touch
To the wind's clutch
.
Virgin of green
Of gold and of eternity
Virgin of life
Blow a sigh
Blow a sigh
Blow it all way
.
In hands of grime
Why endure such hate
Unyielding hate
With refined nature
Of you soft, golden spirit
Goldening
Yellowing
Dying
.
Yellow or not
A dusk's sky glows
The dusk, it glows!
Windless
Silent bliss
Silently dying
.
Do you not see the wrath?
Of the yellowing dusk?
Never to surrender
To darkness
Never for once
For a lifetime
.
Do you not see the beauty?
The ending chapter
Of the virgin's repulsion
The ending chapter
Of your being
.
Why no beauty could belie
Your appreciation
Your affection
Your appraisal
As you are
no more