Leaves

Caught in the headlights
Dancing down the street
Swirling tumbling shoal
Of leaves crisp lively
Fish of the autumn
Wind driven hurry
A rush before the blast
Scurry hurry on and on.

Had to stop and watch
The myriad rush and jostle
Pass on by at speed
Every hue of brown
Scraping and scratching by
A noisy school driven
By the evening wind
A frenzy of flurry.

Martin Delemare
8th November 2005