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September
The cold claims the day as
the sun respectfully retreats
Behind a wall of ominous clouds
Walking with heavy restless legs
A loneliness sets in I don’t recognize
It’s a heaviness falling like a cover
Tangible like the oncoming of something
Like an echo of a distant muffled cry
And everything around seems asleep
I hear an endless thundering silence
That alarming absence of joy and laughter
As if every single soul is in shock
On this first day announcing fall.
Read on air by invitation ~ September 9, 2020 'POETIC SLICE OF LIFE'
AP: Honorable Mention 2020
Submitted on August 31, 2017 for contest EARLY SEPTEMBER STANDARD sponsored by BRIAN STRAND - RANKED 1ST
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