Autumn unreeled
Forests shaken hollow
settling
like shipwrecked beauty
Tree masts of moss
Colourful mobs of decay
unspooling
Last strands of conceit
Rag tag laurels
capsized
casual drift of sacrifice
Diced leaves of October,
change
that drains potency
Resplendent wreckage
An unraveling season
faint
in slim, silvered light
Outcomes unavoidable
with fertility plundered
Gold leaf patches
fallen
treasures washed overboard
a trail of flotsam
in the lost ego of summer
Ragged contortion
in sea-water cold
in a quiet that marks
transition
Poem composed: Spring 2020
(Revised September 29th, 2022)
When I have nothing to hide
And finally nothing to seek,
The subject of Life becomes the object of everyone's reality
When the surface is surfaced,
The depths depleted,
Then I will be your sherry sweet
When words account for everything
And every-thing sums up to nothing,
I am your queen bee
When the alloted befall the acclaimed
When reflections grow silicon wings,
The unwavering lines of your armies
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Deeming be, a river in me
A chest drawer full of flourishing creations
Tasting the first breath of ease
As shadows wash over everything
And spring forth life in light unreeled onto a screen
Measuring the theme by how the seated adjust in their seats;
By how they feel
Being
Human
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