I enjoy a good fall

not the type, down a flight of steps
but that too brief a time between
summer and winter

A time when the water can be warm
but the surf can be hot.

A time when the whole planet
shruggs off the long hot summer
and looks around for a nice place
to recline and sit out the winter

I moment between a long inhale and
a  deeper longer exhale
that lasts
thru the fall
thru the entire winter
and creates a place
for the inhale that is
next years
spring
and
summer