Fifteen Autumns Passed

by Cooper   Jan 5, 2007


A myriad of Dryad tears,
sipped from the eyes,
of the sickened and the wise;
forestry masters of fifteen years.
They drift upon a morning breeze,
crisp and cool;
a twirling naked tease.

Sprawled upon the grass,
aged and softly bitter,
as fog faces mutely pass,
finding warmth among the pre-winter litter.
And as the trees are to missing leaves,
I gaze upon chilled hands,
mirroring the morns and eves,
I spent alone upon these lands.

Fifteen autumns,
fifteen hourglasses filled with sand,
spent waiting for the grasp of your hand,
the angelic stroke, laid before the winter comes.
Blank snow fell,
the sky fires drew hot,
blooming flowers ignited their spell,
all through to Autumn I fought.

This age of wonder,
my fifteenth plunder,
now in the rain and thunder.
Nymph breath, I feel caress me,
spent from a blessed day flower,
'neath the lovebird's tree,
Of the pre-winter's hour.
Though I wish for this to last,
clock men spin their hands fast,
and now more than fifteen Autumns, has passed.

***Through life, there is times of pain. Though some days you may find there is more good, than there is bad. All you have to do, is make it through the bad (Which everyone can do) and find the good. That's what I did. And that's what this poem is about. The good I found in life, when I met the girl I love.***

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  • 17 years ago

    by xXLost in the Nightmare of LifeXx

    Wow...wonderful. Absolutely beautiful and wonderful. I love it and feel the love throbbing from it. I read your other poem before this so I am guessing the girl broke your heart. I have found my own love, a month ago. But you can just read some of my poems to find out. 99 trillion/5.

  • 17 years ago

    by xPerfect Chaosx

    Wow.... just beautiful!! I wanted to like cry!!! I am simply stunned. I love all your poems... I can't express in words how beautiful all your poems are!! Great flow and choice of words!! I just simply love it!! 5/5!!!
    Much Love,
    ~*Danielle*~
    P.S. E-mail me sometime or something

  • 17 years ago

    by Lenny

    Thats beautiful. I'm not crying. If thats what your thinking. I just...have something in my eye!
    *clears throat*
    Now where to begin, where to begin... One constructive crit: the start of the thrid stanza. What happened to my flow?!? I can understand the rounding off effect of the last but that one just bothered me... Aaaand fought doesnt rhyme with hot. BUT I'm going to stop being picky as I know how difficult it is to keep rhyme consistent and still have something intelligible at the end and you have done a fantastic job. This piece, despite my crits, (few, few crits) is stunning. The theme is consistent , beautiful imagery and word choice. Almost like a story and at the same time a...recount. Anyway I'd hate to fill up your commentary section with my nattering. POST!

  • 17 years ago

    by Nobodys Hero

    Great work!!
    =-)
    This is Awsum! 5/5

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