October
by mark a. greulach
And in this pain

We can learn

What it is

That makes our bodies tick

What it is

That makes us run

To that one person

Who will invariably knock us down

And make us small

And make us cry

And make us die just a little bit inside

And keep us from realizing our own realm

Of our own being

Because we are too busy living (or dying?)

In his world

With his friends

And his vision

His life

It's not my life

I had a life once

but it blew far away

On a cold October morning

Up with the smoke of the burning fall leaves

Pretty colors

Red Gold Orange

Somehow don't make up for the green that I feel

When I see him with others

Far be it for me to do the same

I have to wait for him

I have to listen to him

I have to love him

Or I don't exist

I'm nothing

Just a person lying on the ground

Staring up into the trees

At the autumn that I feared so long

The one that would sweep him far from me

And move me into the cold hard winter

Well to October, Mr. Nice

So good of you to come.

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