I was sitting, staring,
Out my window one day,
At a rosiest, posiest,
Evening in May.
Two wings of shattered colors
Bleed into the red,
For it saw the rosiest,
Posiest of all as a bed.
So many nights passed,
And I was searching, again,
For my rosy, posey,
Enticing old friend.
Nowhere could I find it;
Two wings and a bed gone.
The wind laughed at my foolishness;
The sun joined him at dawn.
I laugh with them too,
(water on my face like dew)
Because now I remember,
The crumbling, weakening,
Effect of September.