Arc

Arc

i am an old leaf

aging with attachments

to a branch of service

enlistment in love

October color

veins drying up

it's orange time

then falling time

then acceptance into the arms

of the deep dark ground

remember my green days

i shaded you once.

6/20/2021

Reviews

[light and ashes]

This sounds like the lament of a tree in Autumn, beautiful and sad.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, light,
j.

[light and ashes]

You are always welcome, jacob. I love reading your writing.

[Poetic Beauty]

This is a creative way to talk about aging and when the time of completion comes remember the times when you once were vibrant and green.

Well done with the imagery of the tree and the changing of the leaf. Creative

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Yes, once I was vibrant and green. You are spot on.
thank you, PB.
j.

[Crosby Idasa]

Nice piece from you, well dressed.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, Crosby,
j.

[Robert Trakofler]

I think your arc will stretch long beyond the branches reach my wise old poet friend! love the symbology in this one

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, brother Bunny.
j.

[John the Baptist]

An arc infers a cycle. That means that come spring, new leaves will appear. Perhaps we are not single leaves after all, but part of endless arcs.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I really think we are...endless.
thank you as always for your philosophical reply.
j.

[Pete]

i really like this. right from the get-go i felt myself curled up and aging. i knew that change was in store.

reminds me of -
"Summer passes into autumn in some unimaginable point of time, like the turning of a leaf." - Thoreau

not all change is bad. we would not have the blaze of color if not for the inevitable fall. the cycle of life. acceptance, moving on, putting things to bed. great one j. ugh - just don't ask me to rake them up ... :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Raked enough in my time too, Pete.
thank you for your kind words.
j.

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

visually impact full and eloquently spoken. I totally understand how that leaf feels. In the twilight of my years I can feel my color dim as well. I am in the fall season of life reminiscing of my greener days. With a smile. Thank you for this wonderful work, Jacob, I am touched by its beautiful message.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, Carlos,
j.

[andrew mitchell]

Leaf not lead. Hate spell checks on phones.

[andrew mitchell]

Very clever as the norm. J. You may turn up as a pressed lead in a book.:). Seriously. Lovely metaphors.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

or a depressed leaf...just kidding.
thank you, andrew,
j.

[Coyote Poetry]

I enjoyed this poem Jacob.
"i am an old leaf
aging with attachments
to a branch of service
enlistment in love"
The above lines could stand alone. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry and your thoughts. We are like a old willow trees. Easily forgotten and still needed.
Coyote

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Coyote,
j.

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome Jacob.