Autumn

[dime_dreams]

Amber hues drip
In soft terminal falls
As the world slides into hush
the reality of color
the brilliance of fate
succumbing to the cold ambivalence
of white

I would wish
to be like them,
to fill the world
with radiance before I die
to leave in a spark and crackle
of fire
before the cold takes me

where has all time
run out to?
what binds us
is falling to our feet in papery waves
the sweet smell of earth, birth and decay
playing games with our noses
taking in air we hate to love
the overabundant freshness
is anticipatory,
but ignored

The great crush
of season on the Earth
begets death
then life
then death again
forever frozen in cycle
forever crystallizing life

I am happy world!
how long before I have to deny that?
I'd rather not know.
I'd rather be like the seasons,
loving like fire and color
then drifting softly
into the quiet release
of white
a blanket
of nothing

I dance in amber hues
I dance in sun
in earth
in fire

I live in Autumn
I love in fall
I live forever
I will never feel the frost...