You lighten me
So effortlessly
The consistency you bring
I take for granted until I am in need
There is no weight here
Nor the burden of expectation
There is only light and life and joy
You are a break
From cruelty, heartache, and pain
You are a breeze
That has relieved the humidity of humiliation
An orange leaf
To remind me of the beauty of change
Embodying the uniqueness and rarity
Of a southern snowflake
A kindness I wish never to lose
A season I wish never to end