Shadows lengthening
Air sharpening to a crisp
Summer slipping day by day
Something new and familiar in its place.
Bags stuffed with papers
Early morning bus rides
Jeans and combed hair and sweaters
Scattered reflective moments.
Yellows and pinks becoming
Burgundy and pumpkin orange
Running hard against frozen ground
With mittens and beanies.
Playing guitar wrapped in a hoodie
Ordering the dress online
Quiet evenings baking
Instrumental piano melodies.
10 o'clock calculus homework
Fatigued and overwhelmed mind
Huddling with friends
Walking laps in conversation.
Basketball in the driveway
Chai tea seeped in my thermos
Watching the animals move on
Fast-applied early morning makeup.
Glasses on, reading
Steaming showers after practice
Leaves rustling gently baked in a glow
Warm from the oven chocolate chip cookies
It's the same beginning
I'm just older now.
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