Take a walk on a fresh day in autumn
Down a leaf-strewn lane
Hand-in-hand with someone you love
And gaze in awe at the russet display
At your feet and in wooded grove
Take your time to amble along
Sample the carpet of yellow and golden
Crumble the auburn and tan under your soles
Hear the symphony of dry-leaf music
That echoes down Autumn Lane
Take hold of the hand of the child that is yours
And build up sweet friendship to last through the years
Soak up the exhibition of a season in splendour
Derive inner peace from the therapeutic scene
Before the spring brings back the green
Let the xanthophyll’s yellow of Poplar and Birch
The anthocyanin’s red of Maple and Oak
Dazzle your eyes and take away your breath
As alkaline sap turns leaves purple and violet
Acid will manufacture the reds and the scarlets
Promise yourself you’ll walk down a lane
On a blue autumn sky day wherever you live
Hear the carpet rustle; see the trees blaze with colour
Soak up the exhibition of creation’s splendour
And remember! It will encore the following year
