Autumn days create prismatic displays

Late afternoon’s side light splashes warmth

Golden waves radiate; reflecting a brightly colored palette

Of life in flux; sharply contrasted

Beneath cool blue-gray October skies

At once conjuring memories so crisp; crystal clear

Some brusque and biting… As the surrounding air

Whisked like leaves on the wind back through time

To schoolyards, backyards and churches

Glimpses of friendly games and battles

Injuries and Victories

Of the many lessons learned; of life, of love… Family

The friends that were made, the good times; the bad

An ironclad belief that all this would never end

The comfort of the feeling that the way things were

Was as it should be… Predestined… Now and ever more

Then the foliage flashes… Vermilion, crimson, and yellow

Snapping you back from the THEN; to the here and now

Affirming… Attesting most fervently; the one universal constant

Perpetual change

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