equinoctial thoughts

in other places summer does not end

there is not diminution of the blaze

of sunlight never cooling of the days

the solar flame is clear and does not bend

these are the facts to which we should attend

as we now seek to bind the last bouquets

and wait to smile as the forest displays

the feast of colour we can't comprehend

this is the pause between the heat and cold

the silences of summer and the speech

of working autumn now for honest thought

to teach us not to be brash or too bold

to set the limits on ambitious reach

and let us know the worth of what we've caught