Welcome, One Shot Wednesday readers! I wrote this for Willow's Magpie Tales, and just had to share it with you:
Forever Autumn
by Lemuel Crouse
Lazy, drifting, spent
Metal hues
Gold
Bronze
Rust, not silver…
I would shiver
If I could
As autumn leaves
Descend upon
My newfound home.
Upward my eyes
Ever turn
Watching leaves
Settle on the surface
Gently coloring
My blank page
Belying the rage
That put me here...
A last bubble of air
Ripples the surface.
Will I rise
Come spring
When buds burst
Into bloom
And new leaves
Push outward
To shade me?
By then will anyone
Understand why
And how and who?
This is a Magpie Tale.
21 comments:
Gently coloring my blank page. Nice imagery. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful. I'm forever autumn.
gorgeous imagery.
rage
blank page...
your magpie is full of possibilities,
amazing tale, masterfully done!
lovely, will i rise come spring...nice questioning in this piece...bkm
Nicely done. Excellent read.
Everything about this is appealing. Loved your Magpie.
HERE IS MINE
PG
I love the coloring of the blank page - it's a beautiful visual.
i really like this one!
Great imagery... love the coloring of the blank page...
Autumn does fill in the spaces between the lines, doesn't it?
Is this rhyme about the death of a person, or the season?
...my newfound home...upward my eyes turn...belying the rage that put me here...I rise come spring...bloom...leaves push uward to shadow me...will anyone understand?
nice...and sure they'll understand, but I hope they spend more time enjoying.
Beautiful
Thanks, y'all! You know that Lemuel...he's always writing about death. I leave it up to you, dear readers, to interpret this one. I will only say that Willow's lovely prompt inspired him to take a unique perspective!
i see all the death imagery as well...but in many ways death can be a renewal as well...and then i dont know if the questions matter...smiles. nice.
I like it. especially 'I would shiver
If I could'. really does make you shiver.
Great image of the leaves falling on the page. I write outside a lot and always enjoy when that happens. Nice! Very cool Magpie. Thanks for sharing it!
A nifty One Shot, Lemuel... rich with colors and emotional content.
Nice autumn images. Enjoyed it.
Victoria
autumn all year through...i like that. thanks, gay @beachanny
Oddly enough, the image brought me whisper-close to a deja vu moment, which sort of gave me goose bumps. Then the verse did the same thing. Must be autumn.
It is the season for goose bumps, alter ego! Thanks for stopping by.
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