Early Fall

The season shifts a gear
as I pick up
and realize it’s been some time
and only now am I settling on
this one shadow.
Seems by some unfathomable violence
Fall arrives early this year
and in a darker costume.
I guess if you look hard
good starts to be
absent-eyed.
And I guess I didn’t even know
I could watch
seasons shift gears
for a few boys as they take
one too many falls
and two lives
to leave a late summer
feeling like a hard fall.