Three Haikus + Free Verse

[looprunner51]

Haikus:

Warm rays kiss the earth
The sky a deep golden red
The sun surrenders

Staring speckled grey
A sad, solemn name engraved
Solitary gravestone

Dark night settles in
A days demise encroaching
Summer says goodbye
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Fall

Soccer Practice
I stop
Stand still
Stare at the moon
Glowing against a sky
Blue and orange
Only for a moment
This hue
Alone in time
Ticking away with the seconds

I feel
Solid ground
Grass beneath my feet
My feet
Dark roots
Growing
Meeting my brain
Where I think

Fall
The air thick
The scent of the earth
The perpetual pause
Cool, still
And I feel
In this moment
This singular moment
I feel
Things never articulated
I feel
Everything
Filling my cleats
My hearts cadence

The leaves
The air
The sky
One moment
I’m fulfilled