Autumn light

This morning seems like forever ago. I went for a walk and the air was all cool but the sky bright from the sun. I looked up and high in the air was a vapour trail, and then my arms warmed as I walked out of the shade and into the light. On the way home I looked up again, and way in the air was a silver v, shimmering against the blue. One hundred birds swooping through the sky, flying in unison.