Summer Closes her Wings

Summer’s warmth

has begun 

to cool.

The forest’s leaves

are beginning

to turn.

Fall is opening 

her arms,

as summer closes

her wings.

The spirit

is still resisting 

the annual

and familiar

letting go

of the vibrancy

and rest

of summer.

Such resistance 

is futile.

Let go

dear spirit,

and lean in

to the ever new

and emerging,

cycle of life.

22 September 2019