The Light is Different

The light is different in the fall,
it no longer explodes through stained glass
and tumbles down stairs to rest
in bright puddles on hardwood floors.

It's birth is now more difficult
as the sun begins to hang anemically
in the hammock of the sky; its brightness
subdued by lethargy, fog and darkness.

Night is becoming bolder, more self-assured,
holding onto its realm more tenaciously
with the knowledge that reinforcements
are on their way from the north.

However, the battle is not yet won
as the sun finds her lambent tongue
and speaks to the trees burnishing
their flaming leaves against the cerulean sky.

The light is different in the fall,
It beckons the beauty of the season
to emblazon the earth with colors of fire
before the kingdom of white rules once more.

Reviews

[David Scott]

Love this!
I could almost see the battle.
reminds me of "A Game of Thrones" a little bit. Only your poem is much lovelier!
My favorite time of year.
Thank you for this wonderful read. I enjoyed it very much.

[icelandicblue]

Ah yes, my favorite line from Game of Thrones..."Winter is coming," and so it is. Thank you so much David I am very pleased that you enjoyed the poem.

[Angel]

Ahh, but this old yankee went swimming yesterday...and probably will dip into the cooler waters again today...
I love it!!

[icelandicblue]

But Angel aren't you way down south...to a Yankee that wouldn't really be cold. Now if you were in Maine where your feet turn blue in July that would be another thing entirely. I know you love your endless summers!

[Angel]

I'm down here in Southern Alabama...it's a bit cooler now than high summer...down to the seventies!!
Don't forget, I spent the first 22 years of my life in upstate NY...the land where winter rules...

[Einstein Noodle]

yes it is .. those few more days of flame are precious indeed ... we have to capture them when we can .. put all else aside for later .. well worth it .. your final line makes me smell and feel the very peaceful quiet of the dead of winter ... dreading those days she is pissed .. :)
E.

[icelandicblue]

Thank you so much Einstein. We do have to capture them and hold on to their vibrancy. There are parts of each season that I love, even winter, but fall is the eye-candy of them all.

[Einstein Noodle]

yes indeed ... i have to agree

[Baby Ricochet]

Good dedication to the fall Blue. Down in my Floridian neck of the woods you can walk outside right now and it isn't 98000 degrees. It's a welcome relief for sure

[icelandicblue]

Thanks BR. I have lots of relatives in the Stuart, Hobe Sound area on the east coast and I know that this time of year coming up is a favorite down there. Enjoy it, you deserve it after the heat of summer.