Friday, October 14, 2022

Leaffall Immortals

An enchanted place



It's not just me, ankle-deep in golden leaves,

There are others here, sensed unseen,

The wind chanting in loosening crowns,

The leaves in steady drift, the wind a siren's song.


The shades awaken, spirits that have gone before,

Souls that cleared the way, unwinding from my own,

Rising from an emptied mind, and I am freed

To rise with them through brighter boughs,


Feeling what it must be like, living without limits,

Never to be born and never die, 

Immortal for a moment

On this golden morning among trees.