What beautiful decay

As sunlight paints all in gold A cresting wave Along a distant bay Gulls cry high into a clear sky Its tyrannical son burns all away. Summer has come What beautiful decay As evening dies on horizons blade A splash of crimson Deep in forgotten May Amber n indigo lay lazy on the shores Autumn lingers behind the day What beautiful decay A chill frosts the burnt ground Ice is deep into tomorrow Brittle leaves are death shroud Broken branches reach Winter’s shadows a frozen sound What beautiful decay