October

Autumn is Summer

here in The City

for months

We wait 

wrapped

in fleece

and

fog

until the heat

lays upon us

like a long lost lover

feel the weight

take our breath away

we are slick

in sweet sweat

Girls in short skirts

cast long shadows

on the crowded sidewalks

nights are a buzz

with revelers 

drunk 

in the delusion

that this will last

Alas

we

are like fireflies

in fields 

of 

damp grass

Trusting

We still have time

Come

Now

Watch

the sun set

in crimson screams

across the bay

OctPoWriMo 21  Day 4

Photo Credit - © Stephen Lefkovits 2017