SADD

It's fall now

which means the earth has tilted

and things in life have, again, somehow

become very forced and stilted

Gone is the ease

of summer days

with its cool breeze

whispering through the sun's warm rays

Shadows form at all times

now that new angles dictate

from where exactly the sun must shine

And seeing new shadows cast, my heart anticipates:

Him being gone more

Kids driving me nuts

My sense of self flying out the door

Hearing more famililial "ifs" "ands" and "buts"

Holiday mania in all but me

A full planner with family events

Feeling like I'm on the outside looking in to see

Anxious about all the predetermined precedents

Yeah, it's September

And the earth has tilted

For as long as I can remember

Fall has come and made my life forced and stilted.