Fleeting

Perceptible change
Crisp cool dry
Fresh autumn air
Beautiful vivid bursts of
Orange yellow red golden brown
Fleeting
Branches soon purge all
Left bare like
Long bent fingers of
Old arthritic hands
Looming ahead is winter
Darkness
Relentless brutality
Wind snow cold
My mind filled with thoughts
Life somewhere else
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THE DAILY POST
Sep 21, 2014
DAILY PROMPT
Autumn Leaves
Changing colors, dropping temperatures, pumpkin spice lattes: do these mainstays of Fall fill your heart with warmth — or with dread?

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