i fear
the wind's barbarous awakening...

now naked limbs,
stripped of their celestial colours
before their premeditated time.

leaves spiraling in remorse
to the tarnished ground,
stone-thrown into a
bedlam of sacrilege.

autumnal awareness
falling with the foliage...

10/15/2003

Posted on 12/21/2003
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