Haiku of the Autumnal

 

 

like decaying leaves

first we whither, then we fall

oh, the coming days!

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sullen sky today

yet still, aspirations burn

shadowed paths revealed

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low, gray clouds advance

footsteps crack like breaking bones

the wind’s chill churns deep

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the pine’s evergreen

or the maple’s sudden fall

flare comes with a cost

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with the winded leaves

with the doves in their mourning

I explode with life

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soon the leaves will fall

thereafter, soon, too, the snow

soon, all is too soon

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