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And Then, Fall Stayed
An original poem about Fall approaching. How quickly she stayed!
23 October 2020
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Hey readers! Fall is upon us, and I am feeling it all over the place- trees turning ever so slowly or the wind providing a small chill. This week's poem isn't one I overthought; I merely let the feelings of the approaching season inspire me to write this. I hope everyone feels that this keeps your mind at ease, even if for a little while. Peace and love to everyone always!
<p><br></p><p>The leaves were waiting</p><p>To shed from green to hues of </p><p>Gold, red, and orange</p><p>How long they've waited to </p><p>Feel like how the autumn remains</p><p>In the blue sky and the earth </p><p>It peels away the heat of summer </p><p>Like the quelling of a fire's embers</p><p>Making everyone remember </p><p><div id="div-gpt-2647782423-content-ad" class="ad"><script>
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</div></p><p>Fall and the colors it brings </p><p>Fall and the memories of things </p><p>In a quiet space, summer tries</p><p>So hard to make one last change and stay</p><p>It provides one last embrace</p><p>Like a 'good bye for now,' was put in place</p><p>The fruit of the warmth feels the last </p><p>Bit of the sun's true warmth</p><p>Yet, the fruit of autumn rejoices</p><p>Their time coming at last </p><p>The lakes and waters ripple </p><p>For they, too, know the season is different</p><p>They roil in routine but still they remember </p><p>How the summer kept them tepid in slow simmer </p><p>The scene changes in slow but pronounced haste</p><p>Awaiting to shoo off the heat like a chase </p><p>Fall, in her quick entrance, wisps away </p><p>Any trace of the green, shade, and warm breeze</p><p>Hastily, she invites the coziness of </p><p>Gold, red, orange, and the promise of cold</p><p>The earth prepares itself </p><p>As it hides away </p><p>Any trace of summer's stay</p><p>And then, Fall stayed </p><p>I look to the ground, my feet in boots</p><p>My hair let free to keep my neck warm</p><p>My eyes focus on the scene </p><p>For summer is now gone </p><p>Fall, the autumn, will not retreat</p><p>I smile in knowing </p><p>That more than the weather </p><p>This is the start of something new</p><p>Something better </p><p>I clutch my jacket tight </p><p>My head held high at the sight</p><p>"Summer is away, alright,</p><p>But here's to an autumn's tomorrow</p><p>Here, for the rest of these nights."</p>
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