Autumn

The glow has faded, the gloom descends, can you still see me?

 

Autumns hand is nearing

The leaves that were so bright and vibrant, they begin to fade and fall

There is no fragrance to be smelt in the air… Only that of loss

You looked at me with such joy, curiosity, how cold your gaze now

 

Arguments and dishonest kisses

The meadows we walked are stark and empty now, baron and cold

Frantically we plant more seeds… But our efforts are individual not unified

The leaves are drifting on the breeze, so far apart, so lost is what was

 

Desperation and denial

Each argument severs a new bond, opens a new wound, so much hurt

We don’t mean what we say… Yet still the deathly dagger blows land

Why did the sun leave, why now did it forsake our picture of love?

 

Darkness and despair

The light here is so dim, I see so little and feel less

I can’t seem to find your hand in the gloom... Are you there?

No, physically you remain but your heart has left

My heart berates me, berates you, winter is in the air……

 

Author's Note

Thanks for reading. :)

BP

Reviews

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

A bittersweet piece...endings always are. I love when poets explore the way that seasons intermingle...there is a mixture of saddness, but also hope in the way that the seasons change. The last line is truly powerful...a curse to "winter", who is almost personified as autumn is.

[Brett Pritchard]

Thanks for your very kind review.
Really glad you liked the piece and thank you so much for reading.

BP

[Jack...]

Brett deifinitely a sad piece here. The autumn of a relationship find the chills of winter damaging. You have capture that pain nicely in this poem.

[Brett Pritchard]

Thank you Jack, really glad you liked it.
I've also done a poem for each other season, depicting each phase in a relationship.

Thank you for reading. :)

BP