{"id":2534,"date":"2025-10-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/?p=2534"},"modified":"2025-09-30T21:12:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T01:12:29","slug":"we-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/2025\/10\/01\/we-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"we Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By Bean Gast, Staff Writer<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pogue026-min-900x1200.jpg\" alt=\"A painting of death playing chess with an obscure lady.\" class=\"wp-image-2410\" style=\"width:530px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pogue026-min-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pogue026-min-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pogue026-min-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pogue026-min-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pogue026-min-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pogue026-min-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Chess with Death&#8221; | Charlie Pogue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>autumn brings the truth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>life both vibrant and bleak<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>truth is becoming the tree<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>courage is letting go&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>grief within each leaf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>falling from high places<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>floating descent&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>graceful grief<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>[change my mind]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>changing to die<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>colors of joy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>knowing the end is near<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>bright red today and brown the next<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>the crow calls<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>rustling in the leaves<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>playing in grief<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>acceptance is jumping<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>into the pile of decaying leaves<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the death plummet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>bottom of the pile<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>body against Earth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>fully submerged<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>forget to breathe and suffocate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>breathing while buried&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>is resilience<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>become the resistance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>resist the urge&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>to pull the leaves<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>from their hiding place in your hair<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>[sit with it]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>content is leaves in your hair&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>dirt beneath your fingernails<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and the willingness to care<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Autumn grieves&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winter weeps<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spring starts anew<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>today we Fall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[that is okay]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Bean Gast, Staff Writer autumn brings the truth life both vibrant and bleak truth is becoming the tree courage is letting go&nbsp; 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