The chill in the air… reaches out to me suddenly as I stepped out of my door… and it grabbed and rushed at me through the auto ride to the train station… and slowly I got used to it… and the usually harsh hot sun now seemed so inviting… and I inched closer to the window in the train… and shut my eyes… hmmm… it’s the same feeling you get when you feel a warm hand on your cheek and you look up to see smiling eyes… that sense of belonging… longing even… that someone you feel you can snuggle up against… that delicious warmth… the sun at my window did it all… yummy sunshine…
And then of course I stepped off and the air was so cold… I wrapped myself closer to me… hair falling on my face… hiding me… shielding me… and I swear I felt like I was walking into a very lonely painting… but what a stunning one : )
Crisp leaves strewn carelessly… a dull yellow tinge… rough brush strokes in blues and greens… one figure down an endlessly stretched out narrow road… a little blue figure… face hidden… leaves falling mid air… the sky dull and bored… but there’s something in the way the figure is walking… it’s a defiance to defeat… you see the glimmer of a strong chin, looking straight ahead… it’s a head looking straight ahead… it’s the eyes that prefer to remain unseen… blue jeans… blue tshirt… and a little shawl hiding her outlines… hair tangled within it… and the leaves just kept falling… and with every step she took, another one was crushed to bits… another moment that was better left forgotten… this was the season to bare… bring every leaf down… enjoy the sight and then walk away from each of them…
Another chapter closes… and it feels good to leave… leave the leaves lying there… some try to fall on me… but its done and over with… I make my peace…