St Peters RC Church Hamilton

Summer bright green

Taken to shades of yellow,

Lemon and lime inbetween,

What colours of autumn

Are already seen?

September an inbetween month

Bridging the gap

Between summer and later.

The countryside not quite yellow,

But neither now green,

How do you describe

The muted shade inbetween?

There are quiet shades

Of tan, bronze and buff.

Is this September touch of colour

Sufficient enough?

Grasses wave, bend and beckon,

Do they point upwards as a way to heaven?

Soft, stylish, carefully well sculpted,

To their stature your gaze is led.

Leaves are floating gently down,

But it is early days yet

For autumn’s newness,

A time when the season

Is coloured in splendour.

See this come soon in October,

A month of splendour,

Gift of the Sender.

But for now, we watch and wait.

The Creator has already set the date

Of Autumn’s highest, brightest annual show,

When we hope to be bathed in a golden, amber glow.

Lord, September really is an individual month, not quite summer, nor as yet autumn, in autumn’s fullness.

For this beautiful bridge in time we praise and thank You. Amen.