Falling

the wind turns my apple tree
into a victim, a lover banging
on a closed door of gnarled wood,

a dance makes this ringing evening
singular, the leaves agree to fall
and turn in the moving faith of air;

they tell us about birth and departure,
about leaving together, stories of
ending as the sun arcs and protests
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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