I Let Summer Go

I wrote this a long time ago, and finally decided to finish it.

Today I let my last summer go,
beginning the menial cycle for its final turn.
At last life is finally beginning to show,
the value of the hard lessons I did learn.

The golden leaves of fall,
are brighter than ever before,
and, as far as I can recall,
this world never seemed greater to explore.

Dead winter snow has finally come,
and now I must prepare,
for my final trials and their outcomes,
so that I may be judged fair.

With spring showers,
the world around me grows,
and with each passing hour,
the further I am from my woes.

Now I know my youth has passed,
a fact I can no longer deny.
I knew it couldn’t last,
and soon I shall die.