An Orange Comfort

deep in october with pumpkins and candles

sweet potato mash in the evening, butternut squash

soup with swoops of balsamic vinegar, with a fireplace

and hot toddies, jollof rice and a smoothie,

with tangerines and with pumpkin pie,

with orange wine and an early sunset

with a berocca, juice and a modern penguin classic;

it makes me think of marigold petals in COCO

and the cover of Stevie Wonders ‘Songs In The Key of Life’,

and the knocking of my feet and the boredom

of autumn leaves, and the long walks

and there has never been more comfort

than the heat of You on an autumn day.