orange scarf fitted around her oval neck
dusted with dirt flakes of fallen leaves.
pumpkins solid like tree trunks rooting
brushing against your billowy sleeves.
paperback pages yellowed from age
with the scents of boxed attics.
rain clouds thunder on windowpane
with lightning strikes of static.
auburn strands tucked behind her ear
as her fingers traced the letters of ink.
coffee cup warm with spiced steam
kissing her cold cheeks rose pink.
brown socks roasting by a fireplace
bolted with red checkered brick.
her eyes gleamed with golden green
as autumn dangles from a stick.