Autumn Fire

As autumn coyly      

ushers in with
beckoning wind -
the winter's chill
embrace,

She tenderly
saps the green
from leaves
and leaves them
in her wake.

Arrayed in
passionate
flame from
her icy hand
they blush,

Blush to bloom
in fiery splendour
and burn -
burn themselves
to ash.

© Eleanor Clark
23 November, 2013