Golden Memories

Orange and yellow

school crayons drawing

Autumn onto stiff black paper;

Autumn leaves of

orange and gold

and bright marigolds

that glow through the gloom.

 

They draw two triangular eyes

then an upturned triangular nose

and a zig-zag mouth;

then, curving round,

an orange pumpkin

lantern sitting on a mantelpiece

glowing like someone

remembering.

 

Also glowing in the candlelight

is its seed filled pulp

scraped and scooped out

like Halloween goo;

the smell of pumpkin

and the glow of pumpkin

soup inside.

 

Then a big

yellow moon

and a black hatted witch

with an orange cat

upon her broom

and bright red

as rosy cheeks;

red toffee apples.

 

And, with black paper

darkness all around

glowing faces looking up

at skies filled with

fireworks.

 

With loud bangs;

orange and gold

sparkling fountains

rain down from the

black sky;

white mist gushes from the mouths

of shivering people

who are warm inside

and white smoke curls

and orange and yellow

flames leap and crackle

from bonfires.

 

They are only

rough images like

childhood pictures

but those are the

memories of Autumn

that glow in

my mind.