October, a lament to love and heartache

October breaks my heart When it ends, begins And the days in between It never lives up to my expectations I am often disappointed in the weather And other various things It is anxiously waiting for the days to draw colder and the Earth to paint her face only to be met with countless days of continuing heat and an ever drying landscape October is the month of my departed sons birth and the month of my mother's last breath Its remembering the last time I saw the sun on his skin as he walked out of the doors of the school for the last time, the first time I experienced the death of a friend October breaks my heart Into a million pieces Yet I'm always sad to see it go