Although I cannot see your face...

...Somewhere from some far-off place

I hear you laughing --- and I smile.


oh it's THAT time of year again...
fall, my favorite.  
I don't even realize it's here
and I remember that year

Busy.

The stress of school, two jobs, a new marriage

Sickness.  


There were so many other good fall-times
Pumpkins, football, leaves
chilly breezes pushing out the summers heat.


Every pumpkin I cut, every seed I scrape
Every toss of the ball to my children
Every leaf I watch carelessly float to the grass


unaware it's time had ended


I remember.  


(don't let ONE good seed go to waste!)