Fall

September is coming to a close and something sticks out in my mind. It is a feeling from childhood, a certain sadness that approached every fall that matched the changing of the season. It matched the trees losing all their leaves, left with only a trunk full of bare branches. It was an emptiness, a lonliness, missing the warmth and sunshine, the brightness of the blue sky. Missing the long days and the prickle of the sun's rays my skin. Missing the swimming and bike riding with my friends. Missing the beach parties and staying out all night. Maybe what I really miss is the long ago times of summer with its freedom, laughter and innocence...