Autumn Dream

She rests within the shadows
a shelter from the sun
Seeking peaceful solitude
on a journey once begun ~
As she sought to close her eyes
the yearning for a place
Overwhelmed her once again
in the arms of his embrace.

The autumn splendour all around
and colours in the leaves
The scent of beauty everywhere
its whisper in the breeze ~
She fell into a slumber
and journeyed to a land
Where her love would never end
and where it all began.

Her eyes opened in wonder
as she emerged from her rest
And saw before her the one she loved
his hand upon her breast ~
A smile danced upon her lips
a love to last forever
Hand in hand and heart to heart
a journey shared together.

Visions of an endless love
she thought would always last
When Autumn dreams in retrospect
all that has long since passed ~
Faded with the hands of time
memories of yesterday
Ended the illusions
when her love had been replaced.

The love of Autumn splendour
the essence of her charm
Had always been her beauty
once felt within her arms ~
The depth of her enchantment
a distant memory
As she held the blade to her breast
to end this reverie.

Now Autumn rests forever
in the shadow of the sun
Where her heart was broken
and their journey had begun ~
Lost within eternity
yearning for what had been,
While the love they shared together
now lives in Autumn's dreams.

"This poem is a tragic romantic tale, about a love that once was and broken hearts. Autumn is a young woman haunted by the memory of (I'd say) her first love, and the broken heart he left her with when she was replaced by another. She dreams of what once was, and finds solitude there in her memories. She relives the promises, the love, the dreams of forever and the journey they began together. Autumn dreams of the love that once was. Autumn dreams of the memory. Autumn dreams of her first love. Every day she sits in the place where they once met, and drifts into a dream of yesterday. Every day she remembers....every day she is haunted....every day her heartache begins again. Then one day, she can dream no more of the reality he left behind.... The memory and enchantment of the beauty and grace Autumn once beheld has gone. The essence of her charm and splendour has disappeared....replaced by a heartache. She holds the blade close to her heart where she feels it most; the loss, the pain, the hearache....and now Autumn rests forever in the place where it all began, and where it ended. What once was, the love they shared, the memories, now live within Autumn's dreams forever....in another place."