One Regret--By Elaine George--Canada

One Regret

Now walking through the autumn of my life

Where maple leaves have turned from green to gold

I watch them fall in breezes turning cold

In a whirl-wind of harmony and strife

And I ponder, on the fact that I might

In the light, as another day unfolds

Have like these dying autumn leaves, grown old

Slow, spiralling toward the pending night

Moss grows along the path where I now step

That rocky road now softened by the years

Seeing for the first time, so crystal clear

That I will leave this life with one regret

This vision, that these old eyes now behold

Those blazing flames, when autumn leaves let go.

Born in New Brunswick, Elaine George spent the early years of her life living in Lorneville (a small fishing village along the Bay of Funday) still inhabited by many of her family members.  Much of her writing is inspired by the memories of that place and those wonderful people.  She has published two volumes of poetry and is currently writing a novel entitled Out of the Darkness.  Many of her poems and short stories have appeared in magazines in both Canada and the United States. Currently she lives with her husband in Wainfleet, Ontario.