On Turning 31
The leaves of my life are turning.
Lush green begins to tarnish,
fading slightly to gold,
but only at the edges.
The endless summer of
my youth yields and gives way
to the first hints of autumn.
The nights have a chill to them
not noticed before, and
it gets more difficult to
crawl from beneath my
warm cocoon of blankets.
Winter waits, just over
the horizon...watching.
Spring is but a fond memory.
The taste of summer still
lingers upon my lips.
Fall's prismatic chaos
has become unfurled.
The leaves of my life are turning.
(Originally written 01/24/2003)
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 539 |
Words | 99 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 20, 1 |
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