the weather was so much colder today,
and i finally feel like I can shed my summer skin. i can say goodbye to the girl dripping with apathy, sweat on her brow and malice in her heart. i can say goodbye to the sticky lethargy that held me like amber. i can embrace the autumn witch within, i can say hello to the waiting spirits, full of open arms and haunted songs. the scarlet of burning, neon lights fades into deep crimson. the heat of a distant star becomes butterfly kisses of a sweet breeze. the leaves die, yes, but something blossoms inside of me. something velvet, chilly, haunting. something wicked.