Darkening Days Of Fall

Darkening days of fall
Low vivid light just after school
The brilliant colours of leaves
Against a crisp blue sky

High scarce clouds
Ribbed in the wind's breath
Like the decaying wreck of a nimbus ship
In the darkening depths of the crystalline sky

The cold kiss of the wind
Against the soft skin of your face
You were the boy who once waved goodbye
To the good ship Nimbus
As it embarked upon its voyage
To harpoon the Cirrus Whale.