Fly Away

Fly away from me,
Ma cherie.
I'll love you when you're 10,000 miles away
Just the same
As if you were simply still a phone call away.

Fly away from me, no longer near
Darling, dear
I'll miss you and I might wait up at night
They say keep up, the end is yet in sight
and I say "where?"
You may say it is right there,
But I do not care
If it reaches up an bites me.
It is not tomorrow and it wasn't today
And, still somehow I must be okay.

First Day of Autumn

It's the first day of Autumn
Many leaves have already fallen
Golds and Yellows ignite the hills
There's a pulsing wind that never stills
The first day of autumn is a celebration
Filled with bright colors and such elation
The sun sets sooner, the changing times
Full of poetry and cheesy rhymes.
As the day draws to a close, so do my eyes
As I breathe steadily and breathe goodbye; "until next time."

New Beginnings

After ten long years of being her

I am now the new girl.

I am now in unfamiliar territory.

I am among a million new stories. 

While I am no longer in a majority -
No longer in a bubble of safety.

These are the new beginnings
A new life; a new thing
A new chapter in this book
A new location, a new look.

New beginnings, new uncertainties.
New chapter, new me.