Autumn's Song

Velvet rains,
have come and gone

leaving a silvery dew
sparkling in sunshine golden

as for me, my mind
is lost in the clouds

thinking just of you and i

our souls meeting
in solemn memories

me sobbing quietly,
salty warm wet tears

tasting just a bit bitter
a perfect match for the pain of loss,

writing my own epitaph
(yes, he was a giver)

rushing to the ground,
falling down from the sullen skies

i, caught
in the crossfire in the wind

lost somewhere between
passion and desire

set down by a tree
bury my head in my arms

as if
nothing else matters

thinking again,
of the woman of my dreams

too late, i found out
my fate had taken another path

while, lost in that moment
now, it doesn't matter

watching the wind
dance with the trees

sun at my face,
drifting from…

a daze
and into a dream

of floetic dancers
having one last moment

fleetingly departing,
one last glance

it's starting a sail
into the wind,

falling gently

to find a new home
leaves so freely roam

some find the ground

catching a ride
on wind and stream,

resistance to the wind
a distant memory, lost

a forsaken wish,
it's promise gone

Now, just a dream   away
it's blown further on

remembering

The long misty days
it used to sing in the wind

it swam through the haze,
till it was all burned away by the sun

to laugh in the wind
and drink of the rain,

always growing stronger
until autumn days brought the cold kiss of winter

and as life slipped away
in a most beautiful Color filled array,

an armada of trees
Knew all too well

time for the departing display
over/done and moved on

Autumn's song

one leaf falls
upon the water

it's every motion
followed by a fish unseen   

Beneath the surface

exerting
just enough Energy

to drift gently
just inside the shadows

beside a stone
near motionless to hover

to fathom with obscurity
continuously seeking sustenance

scanning
every sense tuned

alert to the danger
of the great unknowns

large or small,
enemies gathering

while this state of being
answers to no one

silently, stalking no time wasted

to plumb the depths
alone

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