It fell slowly, gently, as do vibrant autumn leaves
Twisting, turning, gliding through the entering Winter's breeze
It's fragile through its decent
First on top of the world, we smile
And through the season we grew apart
We separated inside
The branches that held us are now bare
with parts of love's disease
The feeling that burned inside of us,
Without warning,
simply ceased
I miss the way your bark embraced me
It was from you that i was born
With such happiness and joy inside,
there was never a thing as scorn
The day that destiny hit me
was one day when the teardrops fell
It suffocated me, it drowned me, it also fed me as well
Thats when I started thinking of all the lies you formed
Thats when I started changing, and through my colors they were shown
These colors were so beautiful to all the eyes that looked upon me
But if only they knew what was happening inside of me
If only they could see right through me
Sometimes people think that the cover tells it all
But its hard to see the inside of anything,
Just as hard as getting up when you fall
The coldness made me shiver, and finally I let go
The fall seem to happen much faster
than the time we took to grow
The pain, it pierced me fiercly,
as I was diving through the air
I never knew where I was heading
Still, I don't know where
Lik an arrow that bolted through my heart
I took one last breath before it was pierced
The winter eased its way inside as I fell into a daze
It blinded me from the love I lost
I couldn't see through the haze
Whispered conversation is now tugging hard
as I only think of you
Having no control of where I was going,
I followed wherever the wind blew
The tumbling seemed to never end,
and then the sky turned grey
That's when I finally realized
that it was "goodbye" I had to say
I couldn't keep on holding on
to a branch that already died
And now I'm layin motionless
with no one by my side
Now winter's skin is bleeding strong,
as i simply closed my eyes
I just cried and took my last few breaths
and now, like you, i've died
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Good job here. Best of luck to you and Happy holidays.

