autumn (english 2 creative writing)

The color drains from the ground

escaping beneath the soil

nearly every leaf in sight departs from their native trees

I swing in my hammock

I take a deep breath and can smell nearby bonfires

I imagine the fire crackling

breathing new life into the aspects of the Earth that have left for Autumn

I step down

the blanket of dead leaves crunch beneath my feet

the sun bleeds in through blankets of cotton candy clouds

retreating for the day

she kisses me goodbye with thousands of freckles upon my shoulders, "Until tomorrow." She then vanishes on the horizon

on a mission to light up the other half of the world

Author's Note

I wrote this for my English 2 class today and decided to just post it on here with the rest of my writing