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A poem inspired by anniversaries and autumn and EMDR and, ultimately, PTSD.

What is it about autumn light?
by [personal profile] untonuggan


What is it about autumn light
Delicious deciduous drops, golden dew
Soft and sinuous, snakelike
With fangs that pierce memories
Of other autumns, hidden griefs
Memories flooding back too quickly for arks or olive branches:
His beard, rough and prickly
Against tender young skin--
Forgotten until I passed the grasses sighing
Sighing in the wind and glowing
Glowing bright flames in the cold autumn light


This work licensed under a Creative Commons share alike attribution non commercial 3.0 unported license.

Date: 2013-11-08 10:21 am (UTC)
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Yes good. Thank you. ♥

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