Autumn is Here (A Sonnet for T----)

Autumn leaves now flutter in the breeze,
From above they gently waft and glide;
The soft Autumnal airs delight and please -
A season of change enchants the countryside.

Across the vale a pair of kites I see,
High above the Wolds they circle and soar;
In the setting sun so blessed so free –
As back I sit with worries and cares no more.

I hear the rooks - so restless and tense they seem,
They swoop and swarm around the copse behind;
Above me now - so loud they screech and scream,
Their shrieks and cries now pierce my mind!

What makes my friends the rooks incensed, so wild?
They see a world by humans broken, defiled!