Autumn canvases

A Painter's Primer on Photosynthesis

autumn’s 
slight of hand,
that paints
leaves now green,
in red, begins 
as we’re cozy,
dozing in bed.
sunlit days will
shorter fade, as
slowly, slowly,
temperatures fall, 
forcing tiny chlorophyll 
‘factories' hidden in 
each leaf to shutter,
stressing aging leaves
in turn to shed their
summer verdant shades.
secret hanging hue 
surprises, like paintings
awaiting exhibition,
shimmering canvases
brushed in pigments
red, yellow, orange
and, purple too
begin adorning trees
and bushes as
dangling works
of art


For the Record,
This day came in sunny and lovely.

All hands happy