Autumn Embers

Dying spark of evening light

Dimmer tremble of starry night

Partnered to the call of autumn lark

That sings out through the dark

Fire lit coals and dying embers

Beat to the quiet light of autumn ambers

The summer flame flickered and chilled

Hot blood and frantic life stilled

Quiet drifting night infused with calm

Falling leaves the forgotten psalm

Life to death and death to life

Filled with patience and with strife

Yet life one last flurry makes

Of life and death the final stakes

Return to bed and take your chance

A light, a night, a last summer dance.