The russet vestments of the leaves
Bless all within this autumn scene
The sea front sullen, out of season
Silent and solemn, the year now spent
Where summer decked out once these dreams
Stacked row on row on promenades
The spectral shades of adolescence
Swiftly board the carousel
Now covered, rusting, long since silenced
The shades of sad nags bear the weight
Of summer's annual obsolescence
The seafront harbours secret wishes
Once couples kissed and sealed their fate
And post-conjoined, then joined their hands
To pray their precious moment lasts
Beyond the shoreline, beyond the skyline
Beyond a daytime's quest for fun
But hours merely move more slowly
The final sentence once begun
A stay of execution only
As nothing lasts nor can outrun
Our transit round indifferent sun
S. Evans 2016
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