Ode To Autumn

To Autumn

Autumn anticipates the tumultuous winter cycle
Yet the Japanese Anemone does not subside
To the Northern Wind, its beauty radiates like Psyche’s.
Just as the Day Lillies’s golden hue that resides.

I wish I could stand as firm as the juniper!
The cedars never relinquish their splendid colour
In the midst of such extraordinary Autumn powers,
Among the chorus of remaining flowers.

Oh, sweet nymph, how I long for your euphonic melody!
Although there are flowers that have returned to sweet Mother Earth
Amidst these cascading silver drops that nourish my body
I can still, oh, I can still, hear your melody amidst the silver
breath.

Oh, I can still see the tree that proffers the golden, sweet, fruit amid this phenomenal change,
Oh, I can still envisage dreams in those majestic caves where
Autumn’s Temple celebrates its season’s ripening range.