autumn

noticin' the change in the trees this morning
as i thought of a friend i was missin'....

thought of life and how it changes like the seasons
and we just gotta enjoy the changes...

then thought of the stages of life.
you know.....how they say you're in certain
seasons at certain ages....

great.
as soon as that thought popped in, i none too
gently slammed the door.
then i laughed.

c'mon ter.....you can do it.....
admit what season you're in.

oh no.
c'mon ter.....you can do it.

and i'm grinnin' at myself. teasin'
myself...two terri's talkin'. one's a
stinker, the other's fallin' for it.

okay.
fine.

well.
let's see.
it's certainly not spring is it?!
you happy with that answer, stinker?

yeah. keep goin'.

okay. okay.
summer?
c'mon.....it really could be late summer
couldn't it???

stinker ter rolls her eyes....

okay.
okay.

AUTUMN!
i'm in the darn stinkin' autumn!
happy now?!

stinker ter smiles.
yeah. she's happy now.

and so i look around me.

autumn's not so bad.
it's beautiful, in fact.

it's a little unnerving as winter scares me...
but maybe it won't the closer i get there.

right now maybe i just have to enjoy the autumn.

i think of all the changes in life right now...
and it really is the perfect season to label this
time....

and it really is okay....
because the beauty is so there...
embrace it, ter.
and don't be scared.