PANDEMIC DIARY

AUTUMN RELIEVES THE SPIRIT
October 18, 2021

Autumn Relieves the Spirit
The earth coats with fallen memories
As befitting heavens annual keepsake
Of passing days. Autumn is not melancholic, simply
Tinted with age. A mature time.

Spring’s budding anticipation; summer’s sunny
yielding turns to Fall’s Plenty and repose. Contentment
clears and heals the soil. Feeding Earth and
nourished by life’s nutrients. Soul food.

A gladdening relief is Autumn. The perfect
season for back porch slumber in a
favorite rocking chair. Or, a walk in wooded,
leaf laden paths, in warm ebbing sunlight.

There is less thought of tomorrow’s in
Autumn, so peaceful the dropping, drifting and
reveal. What remains? Remnant imprints. Listen.
Sound the sigh of solitude that rests within.