the sun has its way
through the trees
bending with amber desire
refracting with flexible panache
i have desire and frustrations
that bend around autumn affections
september always plays games
with the harp made
of my heart strings
as if it were soft
background music
riding around the lake
the retiring sunlight
dips into the serenity
of a nonchalant current
for one of the last skip
across pleasure
with the tan lines
of scrambled tenderness
simmering in the heat
of the opportunity
and that is the moment
i slide a string through
creating a necklace
of simple shades
of pleasure
for you
This is the finest evocation of autumn, and of love in autumn, that I have read in over 30 years of reading poetry.
Starward
beautiful
imagry that pushes me around the page like the autumn wind.
makes me feel like going outside into the night air and watching the leaves dance around me
:)