If I were to paint fall

I would start with the sumac's
bright reds from green

then the aspen or poplar
short yellow brush strokes

I would paint the raspberries
with deep saturated purples

and apples would be sharp
crisp strokes of red

but how would I paint
the smell of dead leaves

or the oak trees
clingy greedy orange

how could I paint the
loneliness of bare limbs

in the end, the canvas
would be as it started

White