Today

Clouds litter the morning skies. Humidity hangs in the cool morning air. Half-dried leaves rustle in the trees. A much needed break from the triple digits. The smell of fall billows past me. Such a relief and a sadness... a heaviness fills the air like hot cocoa in a cold belly. I can almost hear the lightness of summer as it dries up with each leaf, only to be replaced by something new. The endless passage of time, each day transforming into the next.