late summer sun
filters through the leaves,
soaking the wine glasses with gold,
caressing the tops of the chairs with its light.
the world has come full-circle,
endings end as they began-
full of warmth and promise,
full of the certainty that time will go on.
soak in this comfort.
revel in the change that is about to begin.
one thing dies.
another breathes new life.
and so it goes…