autumn’s mis-thoughts
falling in love
with all the missed heartbeats of
the russet leaves under a held breath
i once saw a leaf bounce
on top of all the other leaves
and i thought of the autumns of long ago
before you were the tree of me and
see now how so many autumns
that winter springs upon such a day
when this once falling has had its way
with love in falling falling dear and
oh dear me oh dear me
another falls at the other’s falling for
an embrace that never will release
such a thought as i have had just now
crumbling leaf-like in the palm of life
to die in the autumn of a poet’s day
so you may fall for me
or then again may not
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