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Autumn Leaves Meditation

OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW IS A BRILLIANCE OF LEAVES SWIVELLING AND DANCING ROUND AND ROUND. THE SKY IS THE COLOR OF MAPLE SYRUP. THERE IS A HINT OF BURGUNDY ETCHED ON EACH GOLDEN LEAF (B) YOUR HEART HAS BECOME A SYMPHONY OF AUTUMN, RUSTLING ALONG BREEZY AND HAPPY AS A WAYWARD KITE. CHILDRENS LAUGHTER IN YOUR EAR AND WINDBLOWN PATCH OF EARTH ARRIVE IN YOUR COLORFUL PLAYGROUND, AND SUDDENLY YOU ARE YOUNG AGAIN.(B) STANDING ON A HILL OF LEAVES YOU RAISE YOUR ARMS AND DROP THE LEAFLETS THEN WATCH THEM TUMBLING DOWN BRINGING SHADES OF COCOA BROWN, PUMPKIN ORANGE, GOLDEN GATE RED AND MELLOW YELLOW (B) PUMPKIN GRINS AND BLUSHING APPLES SITTING ON A LINEN TABLECLOTH OF WHITE AND RED. JACKOLANTERNS WILL SOON BE LIT AND COSTUME DRESS WILL BE IN FULL SWING. DIVE INTO AUTUMN SECRETS AND TALK TO NATURE IN YOUR QUIET AND SURE VOICE. TELL THE BUDDING PINCONES ABOUT YOUR LOVE OF FRESH OCTOBER CALLS. ETCHED ON A LEAF I SEE A WORD. IT SPELLS P E A C E. (B)

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Date: 9/12/2018 4:42:00 AM
Halloween will be upon us, soon; with it's great scary stories, little ghouls and goblins trick'n'treating against a huge autumn moon and fields of colored trees; this was a very pleasant read. Thanks
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