Autumn’s Jar (a poem)

Sinking, coddled; wrapped in memories past

Chilled air on flannel days

Burning leaves; tiny fires dancing in darkness for an audience of one

None saw them same as you

Shadows whisper, silence lingers; watchers in doorways, undetected

Witchcraft slumbers through uncomfortable summer

Sweat drenched, sun baked; gone, yet recalled with ease

Awakening soon to the fall of the king

Nature’s impatience nervously taps its distress

I know not of how many autumns remain in the jar

Grind, burn, & dream like those who’ve come before

Found not with worldly eyes


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