There came a point
in my young adult life
where I stopped noticing
the seasons change
unless something observably dramatic took place:

“Oh—the leaves have all fallen,
when did that happen?
Oh—it’s snowing, oh my Blah!
Now it’s melted away and rainy,
now it’s stifling-hot and humid;
Gzuz save us all!”

So I stepped back
and started watching them again
like you do when you’re a kid;
I simplified things, but I was still
only watching, until…

I made the change
and became them.