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x- marisol
xxPresently dear Journal, I am sitting on the sill of one of my apartment windows, watching as the last leaves of autumn fall, their trees no longer able to support them and hold tightly to their stems as they fall into a slumber. It's quite a beautiful sight really, and while I miss the colorful leaves clinging to the darkened branches, it is quite nice to see them on the ground too. They still provide a blanket of color, and bring in so many lovely scents, and I know they'll come back after the winter thaws, they always do. You know, that reminds me of a phrase we French have; "La foi peut déplacer des montagnes", faith can move mountains. The seasons could each take years to change, yet they do not, they follow a steady cycle, and we have faith that it will stay, like we do in the sun rising the next morning, and the morning after that. Faith truly is such a powerful thing, and it shows how far we have come, that now we are able to put our faith in Mother Nature to bring us the seasons again, to wake them and bring them to slumber, and cause them to rise again. It would be chaos I believe if we could not depend on that, we need some place to put trust, some constants to hold dear and count on, even in the darkest moments when there is no light.
xxIt is also important to have faith, and hope, and trust as well, I think. We would be a vicious people without trust, dismal without hope, and while faith may blind us sometimes, it can, as we say, move mountains. Belief can be very powerful, and can become something utterly wonderful when done with the right kind of heart. A faith- unwavering- things will turn out well, that things will be all right, and free of horrors, can drive it to that outcome, or help one through the times that are hard. My faith that autumn will return, more beautiful than before each year, because every time it comes around I notice something new, helps me miss it less when it is gone, and my part of the world is fast asleep, until it wakes again, and my autumn returns.
xxAnyway, I have gone off on a tangent, have I not? I will have to save those thoughts for a song later, and put them to use. Perhaps they will finally help me write the song I have been wanting to, the one that shows all the ways I love this season, if it helps to bring out the words. There truly are no words, in any language that I have yet found to describe how wonderful it is, no words that adequately display or rival it's same beauty, and I hope I can find them someday. Even if no others like the song, or it reaches no ears but mine, I would love a word to put my feelings into place, one to hold them forever, and let others feel what I do when I gaze upon the earth donning it's colors of fall. I wish you could help me, you must know a book, a dictionary that has seen countless words transcribed upon it's pages, and one must know the words I seek, but alas, you cannot speak, and that is a terrible shame.
xxI'm afraid it has gotten quite late, and that I have been writing down my wandering thoughts and day dreamings for hours longer than I suspected, or planned, and I can no longer see any of the leaves falling outside. The moon has risen and covered the world with dark, and that means it is time for me to sleep. I shall bid you adieu my dear Journal, and leave you with one final thought before I too sleep like my dearest autumn; I may have arrived back into the season late, but I will not mourn for the loss of seeing the world fall asleep, and to see it to change it's colors and then lose them all as the snow begins to blow in, I know my autumn will return, and I have faith that I will get to see it again when it is next time for Mother Earth to slumber.

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