The Calm

The Calm. A season of blistering heat's past. And a harbinger of the frozen lands to come.

The leaves are changing,

The skies grow dark.

The warmth of spring, summer,

Has since become stark.

And so autumn is here,

Season adored.

Oh how I love

The months of the gourd.

Hues and shades of orange, yellow, and red

When all the leaves fall

And since become dead.

The sun retreats, withers away,

Falls back behind clouds

To cold it gives way.

The chilling, hard frost.

Numbs to the bone.

As the warm, frost clad leaves,

Dance down to stone.

The Calm has come.

In form overcast.

The reign of summer sails away,

Across sea with raised mast.

The Calm has come and it's here to stay.

It cannot be fought,

Try as you may.

So don your jackets, earmuffs, and scarves.

The Calm has arrived, to bring chill your hearths.

And so until the showers of Spring,

Succumb to The Calm. 

And its winter offspring.

Reviews

[writingandthings]

I agree that the fall season is very calming. I love the breeze and the subtle cool especially at the beginning of it. I used to live in Maryland where the season change was much more present. Now I live in Florida and I miss the leaves falling and the beautiful oranges, browns, and reds. However the weather does begin to cool down a bit here in mid-October, so I'm very excited foe when that time comes.

[Kelly Scheppers]

It's been "fall-ish" here in San Diego, with our temps in the mid 60's. I love it, and I love reading of the onset of it, as well.

Nice meeting you!

[Crow]

Thank you. The pleasure is all mine.