Where Life Sleeps

Where life sleeps

Drifting clouds intercept the warmth of sun

Shortening days draw in the cooler nights

The spinning earth continues on its path

Here in northern climes scenes change fast

Expressing the beauty of nature’s cycles

I sit in the sunshine to watch the leaves

Their chaotic descent from the trees

A crazy fluctuating path in the breeze

Those changing colours are an artist’s dream

Whilst so much of life continues unseen

Seeds are carried far away by hungry birds

Blown for many miles in the Autumn gales

Spreading the miracle of life far and wide

Trees like lofty skeletons now seek the skies

Prepared once more for the winter sleep

In leather jacket the cranefly hides in soil

A chrysalis hangs safely from a stem

Beauty trapped beneath will slowly form

Within a hive the honey bees are at rest

Whilst busy squirrels are adding to their hoard

Overhead migrating birds seek warmer lands

The first frosts will seal an autumn fate

Whilst life sleeps peacefully awaiting rebirth

How blessed I am to see this for another year

Copyright: David Hopcroft October 2025