It was that time of year again, or, as I like to call it , the season of memories. I call it that name for a simple reason which I am afraid might seem to obvious to you now. It is the season when everything changes. The leaves turn to a crisp color of red or yellow, and float to the ground with its last bit of grace. And it is the season, which had drasticly changed my life forever. I still remember mothers words to this day, her gentle voice forever echoing in my mind like a broken record. The excited tone is still the same. " Look, darling, The beauty of nature! And at its best!" I remember her pointing out the array of colored leaves gently blowing in the breeze, like they where waving a final farewell to us as we entered the dreary black car. That day, was the day everything changed. Even at my age of 71, I can still recall the smell of the car, even the smell of posh, uperclass people. The smell I had once known so well.
Now I sit in my polished chair holding a dusty book close to my chest, alone and seemingly forgottain. My family, either dead or living far away. The pictures on the wall, which had seemingly sparkled with life, now hang lifeless, on a reminder of how life used to be. It seems to have been hours sence I had sat down, yet it has only been minutes. I began to feel out of breath as sorrow consumes my heart as stories flood my heart, stories I know to well. Finally, my frail and wrinkled fingers finally open the leaf patterned journal to the first page. It was how I recieved my name, Fall. Messy letters covered the pages with words, feelings, thoughts, and ideas. Those Words, feelings, thoughts, and ideas I had memorized like a childrens song. The journal was mine. The messing handwriting, mine. All mine. I sighed as I began reading the words spalltered across the page, almost ashamed on how naieve i was at the age of 15. It was a story which seemed to be screaming from the pages. Screaming at me, telling me to relive my past. It was something i had been yearning to do over the years, and now I will have a chance.
Kasumi Sora Community Member 
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