You arrived like a seasonal breeze,
to declare the change in air.
You brought with yourself a thousand birds,
and I began longing for dawn
You led me then,
From a summer night to an autumnal leaf.
Falling like a feather, weightless,
falling down and down it fell
But never did I expect myself to land
in the arms of stilled water
I have long since waited for your waves
to float me back to land.
But when they drowned me I never knew.
I thought I had only been falling deeper
within your embrace
As you whispered, I’ll hold you
as dark holds the light.
Yet you held me as water embraces a sinking body,
as a whole, without an out.
And then without a light for dark to hold.
Indeed, you were a seasonal breeze,
And I the autumnal leaf, separated as it blew.
_hira
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Grief too is Melodic
PoetryA collection of poetry and prose, feelings and emotions, love and loss. Written with the intention that it may give voice to the thoughts that hold you hostage, thoughts that remain a distant hum to your grief. Written with the intention that you r...
