The last few dying leaves of Autumn
Desperately clutching their sterile life-line
Like a hopeful body preserved cryogenically
Refusing to give in to the inevitable
Season of death.
Congealed memories of long summers:
Warm breezes
Lifeblood
Flowing freely in every vein
Assuming the promise of forever.
And the more distant memories of spring:
New growth
Bated-breath
Each day savored
(A whole year in the distorted
Knowledge of the mature)
The youthful knowing that life is forever
Only to be lost one day
In the distorted knowing of the mature.
The heavy frost of late Autumn
Soon breaks the will
And the leaf is at the mercy of the winds–
Uncertainty
Isolation
Blowing aimlessly
Until the eventual fall to earth
Where it turns back into what it always was.
Yet one fine spring day
Somehow
Someway
Recalling
The youthful knowing that
Life is forever.
Copyright 2007 Daniel Irwin Tucker
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A whole year in the distorted knowledge of the mature
This line snaps me back to reality. It has so much power.
I really enjoyed this Daniel!
Cheers!
WADE I'm glad you discovered this poem. It makes me feel good that you and Danielle were taken on a journey with it. That's a great compliment to me. Thanks! Talk to you again soon, my friend. Cheers.
JOHN. . . Thank you so much for your synopsis and for dropping by! Cheers.
Cheers.
I really like the emotions in these words and phrases. It's all very visual. Thanks for posting to Fugitives from Ignorance, Conformity, and Peer Pressure.