Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Craving Fall Aug 23, 2012

  

I still feel the heat of it

and it has nothing to do with summer

 or even the turmoil that filled

 these over warm summer days

 it stays with you

 building up like an unwatched pot

getting ready to boil over

I struggle to keep it contained

 to let the chill of the approaching season

 lower the temperature

I cannot otherwise control myself

 I ache for it all to go back

to what it was before before the turmoil

before the summer heat

 before I knew who she was

or how she felt then stopped feeling

 before I needed to turn down

 the flame under the pot

 I ache for fall to come

the change of leaves

that change dying leaves

 each season bringing its own relief

 and still I feel the heat

that moment when the pot

 just started to boil

 when I still had the sense to

turn it off and didn't

 forced into summer

 later a blessing in disguise

 even if it felt compromised

summer ends and I crave fall

 it is all I can do


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