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Autumn Rain

sometimes when summer lingers
far beyond reasonable sanity
and the heated breath
of a late Augusts’ sigh
begins to melt through the icy veil
that conceals all things that once were
days that had been carefully tucked away
into the shadows of history
begin to drip through
and a past I long to forget
bleeds into my moments
spilling thick across
the already restless of my mind

and I find myself there again
in that place where
yesterday dips into today
as tomorrow seems to slip away
where time teeters upon
an ever growing precipice
while struggling to find
its own true direction

in that second I began to realize
my world has stopped revolving
my heart has stopped beating
and my lungs had held tight
to my last intake of breath
without any thought the questions
that had been hidden
within the tears of my soul
began to find voice
softly at first
only a whispered plea
for understanding
a simple 'why' before becoming
a booming 'why not'

I teetered back and forth with time
from whole to broken
from found to lost
from young to old
only pausing briefly
where sweet whispers echo
upon cool fall breezes
beckoning deep
beautiful melancholy
in the form of delicious misery

and in that instant
I was there again
standing in the tender gaze
of his love
as the truth of my heart
danced upon the shimmer
that lingered seductively
across his lips
I found myself
trying to seduce
him with my eyes
as my mind
vehemently protested
with
of all the pieces
of my broken heart

and then time
began to right its tick
find its way
dusk slowly took the edge
off of the day
everything began to calm
inside and out
tiredly all things laid down
for night’s slumber
as time enveloped yesterday
once more

and I was left spent
beneath a moonless sky
dreaming of bathing in moonbeams
and sweet cherry wine
smelling the intoxicating aroma
of an early autumns rain
while finding the innocence
and courage within me
to free myself
from memories hold
so I can let love live
once more

©LadyRaine