Gold Leaves

September 22nd, the first day of Autumn!

I cannot tell you how eager I have been for the year to turn. Starting in July, I put on my favorite outfits consisting of cardigans, sweatshirts, socks, boots!, leggings, scarves, etc! Nothing pleases me more than comfy clothes and curling up indoors with great books, music, friends, and family. Things are going to be a bit different here in Savannah, but I don't think gray skies with the drooping Spanish mosses will do me any wrong:) I cannot wait to walk and bike, exploring this little city, with the breeze and colors of autumn passing me by. Oh, character of Autumn, I beseech you to come quick! Your spirit has been with me, but please show your face. Ahhhh. *sigh*

Lo! I am come to autumn,

When all the leaves are gold;

Grey hairs and golden leaves cry out

The year and I are old.

In youth I sought the prince of men,

Captain in cosmic wars,

Our Titan, even the weeds would show

Defiant, to the stars.

But now a great thing in the street

Seems any human nod,

Where shift in strange democracy

The million masks of God.

In youth I sought the golden flower

Hidden in wood or wold,

But I am come to autumn,

When all the leaves are gold.

Gold Leaves

Poem by G.K. Chesterton