September days are bittersweet

September days are bittersweet

A troubling month for me

A month when the seasons change

Sunshine is what we begin to see.

The dreary days of winter gone

Cold winds no longer come off the sea

A time when flowers start to bloom

And vibrant colours we can see.

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September has been bittersweet

Five years have now passed

Since that fateful day

When little Tia slipped away.

She took a piece of my heart with her

When she sent to God

And each September I shed a tear

A send her a special prayer.

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That same month, that very same year

A memory that is so clear

My final day of working life

Semi-retirement was here.

So many things that I had planned

But few have ever come about

Life and living get in the way

And there is always something to sort out.

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Yes, September has been bittersweet,

Four years later almost to the day,

The news no one wants to hear

You have a rare form of cancer, man.

But there is no need to fear,

We’ll just keep our eye on it

Test you four times a year

And hope it will disappear.

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But things like that don’t go away

They linger in your mind

I’ve been there once before

And sort of ended up fine.

Each time there's tests I hope and pray

That my markers do not climb

So every time September comes

I ‘m glad for yet another year.

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A new bittersweet September

I have made a new plan for myself

It’s time that I got out and about

And see what else is in store for me.

I set a task to write a book,

And take up more photography

I’ll review how it went in one year’s time

At this bittersweet time for me.

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For MikeyDred's September (Unofficial ) Challenge:

https://vocal.media/writers/song-of-seven-a-mikeydred-september-dollar-prompt-for-all-vocal-creators

[Sorry but the true link will not load - I have tried six times.]

Till next time,

Calvin