Everyone loves Autumn

New York’s peak foliage was last week, meaning that the quality of our nice Autumn leaves can only decrease. In a state of emotional crisis when pondering this revelation, Daily Betsy Ladyzhets crafted a melancholy sonnet in remembrance of the great sights we had this Fall. Below you can also find some of Bwog’s pictures commemorating this year’s foliage. 

Sunlight drains fast from the dolorous sky,
Cold slips on its shoes and grows insolent.
We dream of warm breezes, of days gone by,
The end of our world is imminent.
Chlorophyll’s cast out by cruel genetics,
Bright green turns to gold, to orange red brown.
Without volunteers, without statistics,
The first leaf dives helplessly to the ground.
A couple more fall, then faster, faster,
Tumbling easily as marbles down stairs.
Wind rips us cruelly one after another,
‘Till our home is left far above us, bare.
But seasons turn and shift and start anew,
Sweet summer will wash away autumn’s rue.