How

The sun painted our faces;

Brown freckles on our nose

and red smudges on our cheeks.

The moon awakened the stars each night

To serenade our eyes across the Milky Way

In the night's peak.

The warm breeze balanced

the hot with the cold,

The light in the sky seemed

to never get dull.

The gulls raced to sea

And back to the sand

To greet us, humans, as we laid and tanned.

Now

The leaves will begin to Fall

Down

Slowly

To

Our

Feet,

The clouds will soon engulf the sun

Form a haze of ice and sleet.

Pumpkin bread, pumpkin pie, Pumpkin Spice, pumpkin lives

fade to peppermint holiday treats.

Now

Bikinis are no more,

But jackets will soon live on

Everyone, everywhere.

Tans will be gone

But the humid Summer air will become

Cool and crisp

Enough to sit out by a fire

With those whom we care.

Now

Snow will dance down from the sky

Flake

By

Flake,

Creating dunes of white

Upon our morning wake;

Making children's days brighter,

Commuters' days lighter

As they sit by a fire

With a cup of cocoa and a

Heart full of desires

For a moment no better than

The one they reside in

Or

The next Summer they strive for.