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Fall Time


By Brigitte Gastel written September 26, 2025 in Belleville, Illinois
Fall came*
        Quietly sneaking up on me
All it took*
        Was one look
All of a sudden the leaves have turned*
        From fresh green to promising red
Suddenly I needed more then one cover on my bed*
        Instead of freezing air condition
The heat had to be turned on*
        The fever of summer had been gone
The color of grass turned into brown*
        Slowly dying

        Nature is waiting for winter to come
Playing hide and seek with our sun*
        Which is turning colder every day
Showing the end of this year its way*
        Foggy are the mornings now
Sometimes even frost on the ground*
        The sky above us is making it's own special sound
Of birds trying to get together*
        For their yearly journey to the south
Leaving their protective house*
        Which gave them home from spring to fall

        Another change of the season is heading our way
Each morning will show a different day*
        This is the time for warm sweaters
For touching and loving*
        For dreaming in the evenings
And glazing into candlelights*
        Maybe sitting by an open fire
Snuggling close to your loved one *

Plans are being made*
        For Thanksgiving or even Christmas
Hopes are raised for wishes to become true*
        Someone to lean on when you feel blue
Families are getting closer together*
        It is the spirit of a new season in our life
Everybody trying to forget the strive*
        The haste and struggle throughout the year
A quiet and sentimental period soon will be here*
        The birth of Christ is being near

        Let us enjoy the quietness and peaceful time
Let us be thanksful and be kind*
        It is beauty we will find
In our mind*
        If we are searching