The Sounds of Adulthood

It is the sound of the wind fanciful The falling leaves of autumn that soothes my soul. The cumulous fluffy cotton wisping by, cancelling ceaseless clamor. It is the blueness of a New England sky erasing invasive sounds My own voice resonating in public structures not able to drown out a city filled with children, train horns, industry, metallic bangs, and other signs of civility. The sounds of adulthood that clang, rebound, bounce, ricochet aimlessly are those self-same sounds of childhood which invigorated and created and made possible so many, if not all, of my fondest experiences.