Fall

during a lecture on romanticism, during a live music performance at my school, I entered a subliminal state of mind, when I came to, I looked at my notes and I had written this poem.

It's fall, the leaves are changed, a cold

night, the moon is above, daunting, looming

like a massive spotlight visible to all

in that hemisphere. To the left, a street

illuminated by streetlights, a magnificent

yellowish glow, shadows dancing,

gust of wind

the trees heartily waving, or is it warning?

I know not. Before I can decide, a new flash

red orange out of the corner of my eye,

damn it, they were warning me, I think to myself.

To the right, a fox creeps out of the woods. Heart

beats faster, the red orange of his fiery coat seems

to mimic a sun in radiance, his beauty in the remnants

of the broken light from the avenue.

Paused at first, he decided I was no threat.

Wandering a bit closer,

strictly to investigate,

a noise in the tree, a crack in a branch, I look up.

A few leaves fall. I look back, just in time

to see a radiant explosion as he bolts over the fence,

his being loses form at the apex of his jump,

a burst of flames, and his very essence itself,

seems to become an inferno, when he lands on the other

side, almost as if my minds imploring communicated

to him my desire for one last glimpse,

he looks back at me, simultaneously his burning coat flares

even brighter. The trees! They too bowed

at this demonstration of his majesty.

I fell to my knees with passion.

My eyes wouldn't shut, couldn't shut. The grandeur of

his display marveled me, but he only stayed for a moment,

in a streak of combustion, he blazed his way through the woods.

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Mara]

beautiful poem and great description
thank you for sharing:)

[Archos]

Wonderful. Really immersive, vivid descriptions. Thanks for sharing!

[scarlynn]

This is so rich in imagery. I love the comparison of the moon to a spotlight, I've never thought of it that way but it so accurately captures the way the moon looks. Great reading this.