• The heat flees far southward and cold weather races.
    Warmth comes from coffee, candles, and fireplaces.
    Joy from family, gift-giving and charity donations
    Celebrations with lights and music across the nations.
    Grand meals are cooked in hope to appease all
    The leaves change their pigments and begin to fall.
    A crunch under heels from leaves below
    A crunch from cold water when it is snow.
    Less out on streets and more time inside
    Wrapped up in blankets as if to hide.
    Toys on a list, scribbled in crayon.
    Children grow impatient for a fat man.
    Relationships broken begin to mend.
    Autumn begins, and too soon shall end.