Leaving

And just like that, summer said good bye
Taking with it the scarred spirits
That meld with the ominous fire
Bringing them elsewhere, somewhere
On the other side of the line.

I, too, will take my final walk
As fall approaches, wish for new spring
The lost loves and failed promises
Hanging over like heavy cloud
Leaving behind hopes
That crumpled like leaves, browned
Wistfully preserved by a storm.

Say farewell to broken faiths unsaved
No more words, no more wish for more
Conversations fade in the noise
Amidst the fanfare that chase for breath
Looking for euphoria that never comes.

Wave to the crowd with pensive smiles
I’ll be out forgotten come next morn
A rustic era that arrived and went
Marks were left but now absorbed
Under the rubble of forgetting and scorn.
(July 21, 2021)