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Autumn Wind

October 20, 2023
By mathews13 PLATINUM, Hartland, Wisconsin
mathews13 PLATINUM, Hartland, Wisconsin
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The wind stains the sky 

with flakes of copper, russet, and amber. 

Her chilled hand moves across my cheek. 


She talks to the trees.

My ears stretch to hear her words.

Yet, I only hear the trees whisper in reply.


My cheeks blush as she plays with my hair,

blowing it aimlessly

wherever she chooses.


I don’t move it back.

She has made her mark.

Who am I to change it?


I’d love to ask her why she rearranges the world

but she would not respond,

because the wind is free.


Free from apprehension,

free from approval, 

free from apology.


And that is a truly glorious thought.



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