Autumn Flower - No One Knows What The Dead Think

Bronzed bark peels

And shatters

Where dark outlines contour canopy falls

Changed as I step through

The marrow

Tangled branches, split, interlink

Phantom

Connect

Hurt

What replaced your cell

Was shadow

Branches silhouette — cast to the same ending

Wet sand can’t drain

Lacquered

With sudden hush shortened by degrees

Phantom

Connect

Hurt

Dabbed with ash and returned in tears

Flush with

Emotions

All the lights know your name

Their words to you are rehearsed

Distinct

Against

The dusk

Is awe

Do you keep missing minutes

In the fugue of amnesia

Glanced — in passing

Meaningful enough

For your bitter loss