September Dreaming
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Written on January 31, 2025
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In the backwoods of my soul
where dreams are lost
and moments grow cold
among the bitter
of a winter’s storm
as embers of frosty feelings
ooze through the melancholic
drifting, nomadic, aimless
guilty of only the grief
brought to life in the twilight
reflections still and weathered
wearied by the truth
forever and always colored in hues
soundless music, foretelling
wings like leaves, dancing free
hovering beneath the moonlit skies
bustling threats of secrets
quietly told
on the silent lips of a star
stories often buried
breathing through the darkness
glazed in shadows
trembling with yesterday’s dirty doubts
friendless and aching
breaking through the past
in hesitant pleasures
will the moon learn from these
whimsical noises,
bursting at the seams
flashing like fireflies
glassy eyed and destined to believe
wherever the joy seeks
grace, beautiful grace
there is the image of her face
almond shaped eyes, sapphires
glowing like the sea
who remembers only to see
where she is, where she’s been
there is the mirror image
of a heart who grieves
toothy grins and shallow cheeks
beyond the perfect skin,
and auburn hair – blushing
she seeks the moments
before the night reminds her why
she can never go there again,
the past cannot begin
where she left off – the tragedy
is in the faded pieces of the long-ago,
the aching glow of a time
before the light grew dim
before the shadows remember
she is still, once her energy
was wilder than July
now she’s the vanishing seed of autumn
ever weakening,
leaving a trail of useless blooms
petals on the meadow
seeking out the portal for new
the past sings for you
the past, it clings to the skin
like an adrenaline – never drunk
as the moment when it remembers
the dusty dreams of September
Copyright © Regina Mcintosh | Year Posted 2025
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