The Changing Seasons

Here it is...my favorite time of the year. Autumn. Being allergic to the sun and higher temperatures does not make me a huge fan of Summer but I know I have to get through those months before I can sail into cooler weather and welcome the fall with open arms.

Some people look at the dazzling reds, oranges, and yellow on the trees with dread. In their minds Autumn signals the slow death of a summer time dream, leading to the harsh reality of a colder winter. I'm not one of those people and hopefully there are more like me.  I embrace the chilly temperatures these days for they sharpen my senses to the ebb and flow of life going on around me.

Even my writing seems to be changing with the falling leaves these days. My stories are bursting with color and a hint of what lies ahead on these brisk fall mornings. Revisions become like the trees losing their foliage as dying words fall from my tales...leaving only the strong roots and foundation of the story itself as a reminder of what it once was. 

I know when the last leaf has left Autumn behind and I am cozy by a fire, toasting Old Man Winter, I will dream a winter's dream of the coming Spring. I will wait for Mother Nature to breathe life into the trees...just as I will breathe life into those stories lying dormant in my mind as I count down the days until it's Summer once again...

This & That

THE CHANGING SEASONS

By Donna L Martin

The calmer days of Autumn

Are drifting through my mind,

Carrying the softer memories

Of a love I left behind.

The chilly days of Winter;

Are reaching with icy fingers

To touch the fires of passion

And cool the dying embers.

The blossomed days of Spring’

Are lending a new start

To a soul once forgotten

And the pain of a broken heart.

The sunny days of Summer;

Are brightening my world of grey

And lifting the corners of my life

To create new plans each day.

The slowly changing seasons

Are passing through my mind,

To erase the painful memories

Of a love I’ve left behind.

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I am a part of all I have read.  - John Kieran

Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer. - Barbara Kingsolver

This manuscript of yours that has just come back from another editor is a precious package. Don't consider it rejected. Consider that you've addressed it 'to the editor who can appreciate my work' and it has simply come back stamped 'Not at this address'. Just keep looking for the right address. - Barbara Kingsolver

You may be able to take a break from writing, but you won't be able to take a break from being a writer. - Stephen Leigh

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