FADE TO BLACK

Autumn falls like a stone
Life gets ready to take its final breath
and while the sun prepares to cool to a winters chill
everything fades to black

The smooth lush greens lay dyeing
forsaken by the trees which gave them life
parched and withered they scream a protest of color
before they too
thirsty and unwanted
fade to black

I hate this time
A finality blankets my world....my soul
bringing a far deeper frost than any ice
how I will miss the warmth of the fever pitch
but again its time to sleep
and everything must fade to black

Fade To Black
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