rendevouz

relationships have a life of their own

it happens once
each year
in the fall when
the season turns
green leaves into small
rainbows while its breezy
winds shake the branches
of each tree until
it's stark naked bare

such imperfections
visible and vulnerable
there

much like you
and me
in our secret nestling
place far from our
other lives

and here
after a daring
decade of lies
we lie
skin on skin and
eyes on eyes
visible and vulnerable

we are
to one another
as the seasons are
to the earth as it
is to the sun
helplessly and inexplicably
bound

we are like
those trees that
must succumb to the
natural forces we
cannot control
when autumn with
its special magic
comes

and we end up
here

unable to explain
what we see behind
our eyes
so we close them
and sigh
then try to sleep
a bit
before we say
goodbye

Reviews

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. so true ... and so very beautifully expressed ... these words are vivid and magical ... i find the choice of the words "we" and "goodbye" very insightful ... there are two sides in an equation ... no matter what its shelf life ... and they need to be "equal" to each other at a given point in time ... for the equation to be peaceful ...