October

 

Sweet October, where have you gone?
Your leaves have fallen to winter.
When did you feel the shattered dawn
Fall down, splinter upon splinter?
October, October - my love!
Fresh autumn free of dark and cold!
My heart, my soul, my precious dove -
Why have you faded and waxed old?
Don't you understand that sometimes
Darkness is all I ever see?
At morn's break the tower clock chimes,
But still the shadows do not flee.
October, bear you no warm shard
Of daybreak to comfort my soul?
Alas, your season has passed, scarred;
And winter burns dark, a chilled coal.
Sweet October, you have left me
In sorrow and darkness sober.
I've failed you, lost you, set you free -
My life, my love, my October!