we Fall

By Bean Gast, Staff Writer

autumn brings the truth

life both vibrant and bleak

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truth is becoming the tree

courage is letting go 

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grief within each leaf

falling from high places

floating descent 

graceful grief

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[change my mind]

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changing to die

colors of joy

knowing the end is near

bright red today and brown the next

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the crow calls

rustling in the leaves

playing in grief

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acceptance is jumping

into the pile of decaying leaves

the death plummet

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bottom of the pile

body against Earth

fully submerged

forget to breathe and suffocate

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breathing while buried 

is resilience

become the resistance

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resist the urge 

to pull the leaves

from their hiding place in your hair

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[sit with it]

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content is leaves in your hair 

dirt beneath your fingernails

and the willingness to care

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Autumn grieves 

Winter weeps

Spring starts anew

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today we Fall

[that is okay]