A Year's Past

Change ripples and fluctuates like the river Without reason or warning before But should you stand and shiver? Or will you be hungry for more? State to state School to school Friends are left behind To tend to the constant souls The inconstant variable is left to wander In a strange new place again Time alone to sit and wonder What should have happened then Lovers found and lost like leaves Falling to the ground Just out of reach Just out of the way 'round Grief fills a shattered mind A desire to fill what's gone Turning to people who are kind Knowing it won't be long For time will take its path, its dues Before the night is out You've two options left dear one Shall you rise to the challenge? Or shall you sit and pout?