Firelight

Autumn has self-announced

her arrival

wearing

a splendid coat

of many colors

rainbow of earthy tones

as did Joseph

in the bible

Dreary gray, chilly days

whose long shadows

of twilight

emerge earlier

each evening

giant of a sun

diminished

to a dwarf

First fire

of the season

lighted in this hearth

we revel

in its heat and glow

as an old dog snoozes
blissfully

stretched out

before the flames

to warm aging bones

cats chase the dancing

light, shadow

flickering

along the walls