To melt together

Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt. William Allingham

Years which trickling melt together

as a tap, that’s never closed

I write the words through the pipe,

flowing or faltering they babble down

and tell of things when I was little,

 

driving on a bicycle to big,

falling and ripping my knees open,

hiding silently under the table

letting myself disappear,

seeing my mother getting desperate

when she fruitless searches for me,

 

time rides like a train,

with the highest velocity he glides

my seasons nearer to me,

 

of setting steps as a child, entering puberty

and making love in the spring,

experiencing myself what I never

believed from my parents,

the rain and the drip of getting older,

and later, as I hope with some delay,

coming to the last station,

 

images are sliding, words melt together,

years are growing grey, behind me are the fields

that are ploughed, some of them still undeveloped,

I’m rather happy, but also a little sad

for what I, later on, will have to leave behind.

 

© Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere

11/12/2015

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree my friend.
"I’m rather happy, but also a little sad
for what I, later on, will have to leave behind."
I raised four children and now I have three grand-boys. Wouldn't trade away one day. Thank you for sharing the outstanding poetry.
Coyote

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you, John, for passing by and reading my poetry. Have a good day, my friend. :) Rudi

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome Rudi.

[sinNsincerity]

Ouch, this gave me flashbacks to when my grandmother would through alcohol onto my road-rashes...Good times! Nice one Sir Rudy.

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you again, Sin in Sincerity. Have a good day. :) Rudi

[MsJewel]

Some beautiful verses in this melancholy little gem. I never get tired of your wonderful poetry Rudi. Exceptional as ever

Julie

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you, Julie, glad to read your comment. Have a good day. :) Rudi

[Kelly Scheppers]

You certainly have a pulse on what we are mostly feeling at this time of year. There's such an eloquence to your words, Rudi. And even a little melacholy, too.

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

That's me indeed, thank you, Kelly, for the nice comment in your review. Have a good day, my friend. :) Rudi

[Willard Wells]

I believe that you like me for the most part have had a happy life and in review you want more, but the years are moving forward at a faster rate every day.

Well done my friend. I like it.

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

That's indeed the case, Willard. Thank you for reading and commenting, Willard. Have a good day. :) Rudi

[JerryB]

"experiencing myself what I never / believed from my parents,"

Gotcha! Understand completely, Rudi.
This is a memorable poem with great
insight throughout it. I related from
time to time about my own childhood.

P.S.: I don't give ratings, I believe my
comments say all I need to say about
how much I like/dislike the poetry I read.

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you, Jerry, for reading and commenting. :) Rudi