Joy For Writers!

September's cool moist mornings
giving way to the warming
afternoon sun
flood me
with a lifetime of Autumn memories.

A deep well of sighs escape my throat
pushing my shoulders back
down into their sockets
reminding my entire body
to breathe
to take a few longer moments
between movements.

Nearly as archaic a memory
as bear's hibernatatory jaunt
into her mountain cave
I sense
it is nearing my time, too,
as the daylight hours shorten
and coolness expands.

In the upcoming and increasing months
of darkness
we have more opportunity
to nudge our stories, unencumbered
by summer distractions
onto paper--
to chew the words more slowly

into music for our souls.

Kat
September 2016