Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Green turns,
without announcement to
crimson red.
Bypassers see the leaves as
all dead.

Green is a soothing color (though sprinkled with envy),
Red is the color of passion (or blood, or strawberries.)

They entangle, battle, endlessly struggling
untill brown reigns supreme.
It is not good to be chained by the turn of the seasons.

They glide into each other effortly and aimlessly,
swirling with gusts in arms of acceptance.
I, however shall reject their gentle nature:
even as the the wind assaults my window,
i shall quell its forever blow.
(Old yellow never cries, for she is a means
to the end.)

Fall is arriving.
It's almost time for the birds to fly south
South, south, and further south.

How far south, I wonder
but dont care.
I will not be going.
I won't even be watching.

I just keep what is mine.

3 comments:

Jeremy said...

I realy liked how you've developed this poem. It's a lot less vaugue and more visual than before. The connections you made throughout also established a nice flow to the peice

Jess said...

The imagery in this poem is very striking. I just got finished commenting on a different poem having to do with seasons... it is interesting to see two different approaches back to back.

Shelbie said...

I loved how the poem rhymed in the beggining. It is fun to see how much the poems have all changed since we started them!!!