Amid Falling Leaves
Wet leaves of Autumn
footprints in the soft ground
soft breeze of summer
fill the memory I have found
Our last kiss remembered
on a day of bright sun
when love was full of passion
fueled by our desire
we burned away to embers
beneath this tree of shade
a time of endless beauty
my heart will keep inlaid
I look upon your image
still resting in my mind
and though this tree is barren
stripped by Autumn's hand
your face remains so vivid
paints the shades of my despair
it's here I come to wonder
and try to understand
Could that we have shared
the years of growing old
for the world stole your breath
and left a Winter's chill
with its barren realm of cold
I stand amid the falling leaves
a broken man who grives
who fights the darkest realms of shades
as my loneliness unfolds
7/25/20
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