October Thoughts

I feel the first of autumn now that I have waited for too long the cooler air is like a song the spring is distant memory a breeze alive as youth and hope has vanished with the strength to cope I can't recall the daffodil the rose of May is here no more the summer bloom has no encore a certain sadness comes with fall the year and I can see the end a cycle I cannot amend though I embrace the temperate air I still must grieve for I can see that winter comes and destiny and so I have a brand new goal to savor every taste of fall before the winter comes to call the candy corn and Halloween Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Eve till years and poets take their leave the out of doors are calling me the clear blue sky and afternoon the stars at night and harvest moon