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The Autumn Times - Part 1

I never want to forget what fall time feels like when I was able to spend it with you. It's a feeling, an emotion, that I will never be able to replicate. An emotion that has no name, I couldn't pin it down if I tried. Just a weightlessness found in a state of pure serenity. And all it took was two cups of coffee, a blanket, and somewhere we could both sit together. And the smell of the crisp Autumn air just tied it all together. I've decided to mark the days I spent feeling this way as "The Autumn Times". 

What a perfect state of being. Feeling so safe next to you, but also feeling as free as the whisps of wind that blew through the strands of my hair. On the colder days, well, I can still feel our warm lips and cold noses pressed against each other while the sun rose up in the sky. And oh, the sunrises. So many sunrises have been spent with you. As a matter of fact, I can confidently say that I've never spent more sunrises with anyone but you.

 I can remember countless mornings that I'd spend leaning into your warmth while watching the Sunlight spill into the clouds in warm neon reds and oranges. I can remember seeing colors I've never seen before in those skies. Feeling things I had never felt before. But just as I couldn't name the colors bleeding through the clouds, I still cannot begin to describe how you made me feel in The Autumn Times. And for that, I'll forever be grateful.

In the darkest of times, you were my light. A fire that burned just for me, and a flame I could have to hold and keep me warm on the coldest of nights. I didn't know how, but I knew in my heart that somehow, someway, that everything would be okay. If I'm being honest? For once in my life I didn't need the answers as to how things would get better. I didn't need a plan, or a clear cut path, or a diagram to prove to me that things would be okay. All I needed was my head on your shoulder, or your head on mine. And that was enough for me. 

But the Autumn leaves, they crumble and they fall to the earths surface eventually. Lost and forgotten altogether. But you? I could never forget you... 

//See Part 2//

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