Summer Is Long Gone
Once when we were younger
We loved beyond belief;
I pointed you past Pluto wandering while
You helped me turn
A propitiously proverbial new leaf. Free-
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From the branches reaching
Skyward, deep-space bound;
When you were there I had no care
If I were sideways, up or down. Landing
Gently in your outstretched arms
As comforting as grass;
Either way, as leaf or lover
Time never seemed to pass. Until
A God-like breath of windy air
Stirred me yesterday
Alighting me you’d moved on;
Now that my veins are turning brown
And summer is long gone.
Copyright © Terrell Martin | Year Posted 2011
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