The early hours Of this late autumn dawn All ready taste of winter Cold mist rise From blinding waters Gracefully into the light And I can choose to watch Absorb this careless beauty Without restrictions make it part of me Until I too dissolve A fragment of it all These fleeting moments Between ashes and dust May well taste of winter And yet I choose to dream To form this life like clay Universal insignificance will guide my way Until I too dissolve Like mist in autumn dawn A fleeting moment to behold A fragment of it all Cold mist rising Until I too dissolve