David DeSantis - Fall

Another year,
gone by like a moment
retracting.

A moment from which
you can always recall
the decisions that led
to this or that,
built on a series of moments.

A moment where a smile
meant all that it could mean
but through the lens of time
you would build on its significance.

A moment where you walked
as they aged
and all you've ever loved
is suddenly decrepit

A moment where time
can decide who will live
who will grow
and where time's cruelty
is fates indecision.

A moment where love
is abstract
yet plays softly in your mind
until faced with a love
who cannot love back.

A moment where in youth
I once doubted the cynicsm
of humanity
and hoped for realities that could never conspire,

where a world could live
not inhumanely,
but instead embrace
the unity of biology.

A moment now
of cold war fears
and posturing leaders
financial melt-downs
and global recessions.
fault line borders,
Israeli air strikes
pollution coal yards
and energy dependency...

In a moment,
fall is here.

Copyright (c) David DeSantis

David DeSantis

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