October 31 All Hallows Eve. by now the kids are finished with their trick or treating October is finished Summer is is a faint memory with unspoken worries of the cold to come. We a humans have developed a concept of time to give order to our lives. Out of this order we live our lives in a circle. Some think life is linear. I do not I could go on for more in depth explanation of my belief. To keep it simple look at the seasons...each flows into the other over and over.Fall is here. The trees are almost bare by now. The day light is shorter. Today it rains. There is a sadness in the air that accompanies a long sleep, as if something will be missed while sleeping through the long cold.

October Rain

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Summer dust with falls rust

Washed

From tree limb and

Parched throat

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Happy or sad

Rivulets of tears

Following last warmth of

Fall's sun to

Winters bed

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Elusive song on errant

Leaf's back

Dance and float

Over mornings frost

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Beneath leafy blanket

Soft laughter of summer

Memories whispered

Setting dreams for

Winters sleep

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