Sweater Weather

There's nothing much better  
Than this cooler weather
We're having these days
With warm sunshine  
Afternoons and crisp nighttime
Skies, starry and bright
Moon shining soft and white  
Contrast  
To leaves changing color  
And pumpkin smiles that
Grin and grimace at each other
Where black cats prowl  
In the shadows  
Of what lies hiding  
Imagination imagery
Makes the wind howl  
Like the sweet tooth  
Little old lady
Who behind closed doors
Makes something foul
Poisoned candy apples
For the house of horrors
You avoid walking past
Crazy witch cackles
In your memory, lasts
As the hands of time  
Race by ticking fast
Drawing each day closer
Towards the darkness  
Nights long and colder
Tasting like the blackened
Crisp marshmallow shell  
Toasted in autumn's last
Clinging grasp to firelight
Gatherings, dance and ritual  
The imprint forever impressed
Of that stolen hayride kiss
The breath catching moment
From love's s first swooning bliss
Of a night that's remembered  
Occasionally from September
And on into November  
Before the frost has a chance  
To replace the warmth
Of nostalgic young romance
Found in dreamy green eyes
First seen beneath a canopy
Of orange and red  
In the treetop skies
And now, today creates
A smile so similar  
From the feelings  
Fond and familiar  
Felt in the cooler weather
Made by memories warm
And soft as my favorite
Fuzzy comfy sweater