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i missed the day of
the wind and the dying leaves
escaping from trees

fighting the water
in a futile journey
to return to life

patience, a virtue
time slips while we do nothing
wait and see, my friend

autumn off schedule
arriving a few days late
rushing in breathless

attempting to help
with all the best intentions
a tragic mistake

my watch moves slowly
slower than the hours pass
but quicker than days

without the darkness
i cannot find the morning
to be more than light

the moon involved
in the arc of the ocean
containing movement

inside the bear’s den
lay the hibernating cubs
awakening spring

the attic upstairs
full of cases of mem’ry
and the former child

i heard you calling
as you danced through the river.
was i to follow?

m’elevasti;
up above the broken earth,
you have raised me up

staring at the trees
looking beyond the forest
i have lost ourselves

a peck on the cheek,
and that was the last of you.
never said goodbye.

the clouds held aloft
foretell dark cold, rains ahead
better get my hat

indistinct am i
floating through this universe
existing and not

the light of the moon
illuminates your pale face
in the empty wood

overjoyed am i;
god in the world, all is
right in the heavens

bleak and bare are trees
against the frosty fields
laid bare to nature

through the chilly mist
i see your silhouette come
into the open

Ty @thepaleking