Seasons

Here's is today's challenge for #OctPoWriMo: Write a poem influenced by your feelings about autumn. Do you see autumn as a beginning or the beginning of the end? Chose at least three from this list of words below.
The words: chill, renewal, death, rebirth, harvest, melancholy, aging, change
I hope you enjoy today's offering.

Rod E. Kok
October 5, 2014

There is a new chill in the air,

my aging bones attest to

its bitter sting.

Dog days of summer have passed,

change is in the air.

Colors change,

moods are different.

All around us,

melancholy sets in

as we prepare for

winter’s doldrums.

Through arthritic reminders,

my body prepares to battle

this northern climate’s

failure at global warming.

Yet it’s not an end

to anything,

but rather a beginning.

Fall into winter

so we can

spring into summer.

It really is

perfect.