November Trees

a warm November day
as the sunlight drifts away
the darkness comes in early
and it comes in with no mercy
something like, the beams of light
that filter through the trees at night
that lines the earth first with stripes
that seam to move and dance on sight. 
the odd warm breeze shuffles the leaves
a sound of comfort at least to the trees listening to there legacies 
whispering up there memories. 
each year for years for centuries 
the trees grow tall. from all of these. 
the lights fight through with ease
the trees are bare through fallen leaves
the lights grows and grows from down the street an engine roars a horn it beeps  
the beams of light deceive and streaks
they follow the source and what it seeks
beams race and leap speed and creep they contract as they subside,            
as the car goes passing by 
and darkness sweeps in like original sin 
all becomes silent, simple, whole again. 
as the rustle of the leaves a tell all from the wind. 
disruption to the silence 
the darkness's a lonely friend
but in the sky, small lights supply hope onto depend
the Stars tell the trees to believe to  keep reaching till the end.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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June 5, 2016 at 9:44 PM
Matthew Godek, well penned. Enjoyed reading your thoughts and words today. *SKAT*
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February 5, 2015 at 12:56 PM
Very colorful unusual and imaginative use of words, skillfully constructed with a meaningful flow and manner. The words are descriptive, lively, creative and masterful, floating onto the page with a dramatic, poetic style with the aid of a brilliant wit that captures the reader's imagination and attention from the beginning and delivers to the end. Emile. #7
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