September

Faded sunlight.

Crisp, cool air.

A peace and calm shadows the earth

as life prepares for Winter's coming.

The happiness of harvest arrives

and memories of sun and sand

become the hopeful nostalgia for summers yet to come as

picking apples and falling leaves take their place instead.

The wind brings change;

the new year starts now,

fresh with Autumn's cool air.

This season evokes what no other can.

Each September bringing serenity & content,

wrapping around us like a warm blanket

In winter we wait in dark and in cold for it to end.

In spring, we wait for summer.

In summer we anticipate & dread its ending;

we strive to seize each day,

only to wonder in disbelief how quickly the time has gone by.

But in Autumn we are here - present as life happens.

The new air awakens our senses.

We stand in awe as nature's beauty peaks in bursts of fiery colors

before fading away,

expecting to be reborn, anew.