falling leaves in autumn by pax-entropy, literature
Literature
falling leaves in autumn
when seasons pass you by
and time has stripped you of your youth
and all that is left is the beautiful glow
of wisdom and warm gentleness.
that is the true essence of you
whom i've loved then,
and the one i'll love always.
when others see only the cruelty of age
descend upon us
and my name fades upon your lips
i will not falter
because the frailty of your hands still hold mine
tightly, lovingly
you know me
you know of my love
because though the mind betrays with age
your heart is carved with memories of us
and as we watch the glorious colors of the falling leaves
heralding the approaching winter
i realize that letting go is not the same as
slow down, self.
time is infinite
and every second that passes by is replaced
by another moment
and it waits for you
to slow down,
and realize that it's never too late
to begin again.
lie down and let the darkness of night
encompass you in its peace.
the inability to see the obvious
becomes stark clear in gentle silence.
with your own hands, make things right
and do what makes your heart feel lighter.
do not allow yourself to be burdened by regret
of foolish choices and missed chances
because you have the time
to say i'm sorry
i love you
thank you
and let us try again.
do not fall into hate.
even if your world is fallin
of grief is not just limited to death
but to living when you feel like you have died.
the first is disbelief.
Like witnessing an act of betrayal.
Your mind goes blank,
and every part of your body is numb...
save for the stabbing feeling in your heart.
second is denial. a mistake has happened.
that this is just a cruel prank
and part of you is just waiting for the hidden camera to come out
and say that you've been Punk'd.
or this is just a nightmare and you'll wake up
after pinching yourself until your arms bleed.
third is bargaining. maybe we can work things out?
maybe you can work harder, love more.
A compromise can be reac
and you said-
i exist solely to love you.
to be with you
with every rising of the sun;
and as certain as the sun sets,
my eternity is right here.
and i am, blindly,
drawn in by your gravity.
the proverbial moth to the flame.
oblivious to the love that never was
and never meant to be.
where your vows are reduced
to a fading memory of the times
when you loved me.
and so the curtain falls
on our unfortunate stage,
where happiness has ended
and all that remains
are embers of your dying promise.
how do i pull back
from this unpredictable,
inevitable trajectory of me
falling too close to you
and to heartbreak?
like black and white pieces
of a game played by one
waiting for the other
to play his hand.
do i wait
do i go on,
knowing the consequence
of a false and foolish move;
to gamble my heart
when it has already been claimed.
dance, dance across the board
us unmitigated fools.
One hand in yours,
though one hand, in his.
and as he let go-
unbearable searing pain of loss.
perhaps it is a mistake,
irreparable.
the last tile has fallen
and i am one step closer
to falling close to you
and to heartbreak.
but
falling leaves in autumn by pax-entropy, literature
Literature
falling leaves in autumn
when seasons pass you by
and time has stripped you of your youth
and all that is left is the beautiful glow
of wisdom and warm gentleness.
that is the true essence of you
whom i've loved then,
and the one i'll love always.
when others see only the cruelty of age
descend upon us
and my name fades upon your lips
i will not falter
because the frailty of your hands still hold mine
tightly, lovingly
you know me
you know of my love
because though the mind betrays with age
your heart is carved with memories of us
and as we watch the glorious colors of the falling leaves
heralding the approaching winter
i realize that letting go is not the same as
slow down, self.
time is infinite
and every second that passes by is replaced
by another moment
and it waits for you
to slow down,
and realize that it's never too late
to begin again.
lie down and let the darkness of night
encompass you in its peace.
the inability to see the obvious
becomes stark clear in gentle silence.
with your own hands, make things right
and do what makes your heart feel lighter.
do not allow yourself to be burdened by regret
of foolish choices and missed chances
because you have the time
to say i'm sorry
i love you
thank you
and let us try again.
do not fall into hate.
even if your world is fallin
of grief is not just limited to death
but to living when you feel like you have died.
the first is disbelief.
Like witnessing an act of betrayal.
Your mind goes blank,
and every part of your body is numb...
save for the stabbing feeling in your heart.
second is denial. a mistake has happened.
that this is just a cruel prank
and part of you is just waiting for the hidden camera to come out
and say that you've been Punk'd.
or this is just a nightmare and you'll wake up
after pinching yourself until your arms bleed.
third is bargaining. maybe we can work things out?
maybe you can work harder, love more.
A compromise can be reac
and you said-
i exist solely to love you.
to be with you
with every rising of the sun;
and as certain as the sun sets,
my eternity is right here.
and i am, blindly,
drawn in by your gravity.
the proverbial moth to the flame.
oblivious to the love that never was
and never meant to be.
where your vows are reduced
to a fading memory of the times
when you loved me.
and so the curtain falls
on our unfortunate stage,
where happiness has ended
and all that remains
are embers of your dying promise.
how do i pull back
from this unpredictable,
inevitable trajectory of me
falling too close to you
and to heartbreak?
like black and white pieces
of a game played by one
waiting for the other
to play his hand.
do i wait
do i go on,
knowing the consequence
of a false and foolish move;
to gamble my heart
when it has already been claimed.
dance, dance across the board
us unmitigated fools.
One hand in yours,
though one hand, in his.
and as he let go-
unbearable searing pain of loss.
perhaps it is a mistake,
irreparable.
the last tile has fallen
and i am one step closer
to falling close to you
and to heartbreak.
but
between time and circumstance lies the possibility of you and me,
together, bound by an effusive love
stronger than passion itself
enduring forever and beyond.
with you
the stars never seem so distant
nights are never long,
never cold enough for it to be known to me
as long as my hands are enclosed in yours.
in you
i see an infinite horizon of perplexing character
how can you be so much a of a rogue
and yet be so genteel?
i cannot understand you
nor i wish to comprehend with perfect clarity
the mystery of you that holds me
entraps me
drowns me
i lose myself in your eyes.
from you
i find myself
and in my realization, i tur
with the breath of cool october air
comes the indelible memory of afternoons
well-spent in your company.
i close my eyes and with hope
surpassing any known faith
i pray that you should stand before me
but as i open my eyes
you were not there
and my heart tore apart into infinite pieces of shards.
in an unforeseen event did you come
like a tempest in summer;
you come forth
with the silence of footsteps upon padded snow
and before my senses perceived it
i was caught in an unbelievable fury of profound love.
why is it that i should continually bring unto myself
this torment of a love
incapable of having existence
because you ar
fragments of earth fall over broken illusions
of misunderstood love i've foolishly created
with my arrogance.
in a virtual reality did we exchange words
in a manner so frequent and amiable
that it led me to believe
that you are not so far away
for me to reach you.
that you are speaking my name
with the same fragility of a lily in your hands.
in my own silent world you were mine to love
freely, painful in its lack of voice.
how can you even begin to speak with such openness
to someone whose face you haven't touched,
whose warmth you haven't felt?
i look at you
but you looked past me,
beyond me,
and everything about me died th
strange
how i, being barren of sentiment
can look at you this way
on unguarded moments.
what is it about you that can make me feel
an emotion as deep and passionate like this?
and so it came to pass
that i should remain by your side
torn, bewildered.
there is a fine line between friendship and affection
and i cannot draw the difference.
but time holds an empty mockery of my unspoken feelings.
why must circumstance call you to leave?
a week of summer
as fulfilling as a year
seemed as short as a day.
there must be an intricate bond that ties
my heart to yours.
there is nothing in this world that can possibly move me
to feel s
i stand before you with words
coarse, feeble, unpolished,
devoid of any pretenses and false promises;
my untainted love unmasked.
and with every silent heartbeat,
i pray you find my affections
worthy of your trust.
i gaze into your eyes
and i find it difficult to decipher
the true value for which your feelings represent.
i shall endeavor to spend countless hours
searching deeply, laboriously
through your formidable web
of blanketed emotions.
for my every step forward
you move a thousand steps back
and my heart ached with anguished love.
the uncertainty of which you feel frightens me
but i shall wait
for tomorrow has no esse
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