it is october when you kill me
and i go gently,
succumb to the snow
and golden leaves
as the world leaves me behind.
the rain ushers me away,
carries off the last of my strength
with its gentle reassurances.
when autumn takes my place
i smile from the wings,
settle into this season
even as my coffin is lowered.
i would like to be remembered
as i was in june,
shining and splendid
beneath the clear blues
and sparkling stars.
to be loved in all my glory
was a wonderful thing,
but now i will bide my time
until the next emerging sun.
Mattias RowenBale is a College first-year from Davis, CA. Mattias is an aspiring Creative Writing major who has been writing for years and recently self-published his first poetry collection. His poem, “a summer’s farewell,” was written for class as a persona poem from the perspective of the summer as it ends.
