<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);">Autumn Equinox</span><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26);">Light pregnant with gold develops from </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26);">the first glow of red over the horizon,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26);">its shining presence eager to arrive before</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26);">the full moon has left the sky.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26);">It is a promise that its decision to leave day by day</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26);">will have meaning.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26);">I am held in the stillness of this honeyed presence,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26);">reminded of the exquisite nature of being</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26);">in those last moments</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26);">before loss becomes certain.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); min-height: 22px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Jean Norelli</div></div></body></html>