Happy September

Xox

Lc

Storing September by Elizabeth Rooney

You asked me what I did today

I could pretend and say I don’t remember

But, no, I’ll tell you what I did today-

I stored September

Sat in the sun and let the sun sink in

Let all of the warmth caress my skin

When winter comes, my skin will remember

The day I stored September

And then, my eyes

I filled them with the deepest, bluest skies

And all the traceries of wasps and butterflies

When winter comes, my eyes will still remember

The day I stored September

And there was a cricket song to fill my ears

And the taste of grapes

And the deep purple of them

And asters like small clumps of sky

You know how much I love them

That’s what I did today

And I know why

Just simply for the love of it

I stored September.