there dogwood lingers
lost in long and cooling nights
side by side with sassafras
brooding over browning grass
and sumac stands
with red oak and sheds
leaves in broad daylight
while maples paint
in crimsons, scarlets, purples
yellow brush upon the air
and splashed across
the transom of my heart.
winds and rain come now
and colors muddle, fade to dull
and make their ready to fall down
into the soil dark that croons
and calls them to their fall.
and I am shattered in this fade
of yellow birch and maple red
the flower of spring is there unmade
and frost laments now come in lace
and nibble at my tender face
and precious profound beauty
here and gone and me
that hardest of hues to hold
as my life falls in leaves of days
is here and gone in just a wink
and nothing gold can stand untouched
and how is it, Eternal One
can love so strong and fierce this shade
who passes from the day to night
and fades into the mists?
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