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Trees turning late September Leaves nosediving the ground I know I should be changing too Think as evening comes around Fighting my shifting demons Dropped to shaking knees Autumn's knife struck my heart Chill spreading like disease With eyes shut in cold apprehension Underneath a waning moon Dreams Sunshine Disappear and are replaced By fear of Winter coming soon Wrapped tight in blanket of desperation Colors switch to dull from bright The nights steadily grow longer See less and less clinging daylight Making pathetic attempts Lift myself off the floor To transform like the weather Wishing to not be the same anymore But heart remains frozen solid The months continue on Seek a metamorphosis Still meet resistance each dawn Temperatures decrease little by little Doubts and insecurity rise Avoid facing the bitter wind Everything in nature dies Animals go into complete hiding Have to admit I relate Sleeping in to escape the world A way I also hibernate I try climbing towards my goals Instead like seasons dizzily Fall down Stripped barer than naked jagged branches Forced beneath icy feelings to drown Frost covers each surface Departs as morning wakes Dew remains as evidence Like shavings after erased mistakes Not long until snow layers earth Buries all white touches I couldn't bury flaws as well Bad habits caught in my clutches I stand rigid as an anchor Though it might sound strange Time ages all surroundings Somehow I don't change
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Mar 24, 2020
Mar 24, 2020 at 4:20 AM UTC
Unchanging
Trees turning late September Leaves nosediving the ground I know I should be changing too Think as evening comes around Fighting my shifting demons Dropped to shaking knees Autumn's knife struck my heart Chill spreading like disease With eyes shut in cold apprehension Underneath a waning moon Dreams Sunshine Disappear and are replaced By fear of Winter coming soon Wrapped tight in blanket of desperation Colors switch to dull from bright The nights steadily grow longer See less and less clinging daylight Making pathetic attempts Lift myself off the floor To transform like the weather Wishing to not be the same anymore But heart remains frozen solid The months continue on Seek a metamorphosis Still meet resistance each dawn Temperatures decrease little by little Doubts and insecurity rise Avoid facing the bitter wind Everything in nature dies Animals go into complete hiding Have to admit I relate Sleeping in to escape the world A way I also hibernate I try climbing towards my goals Instead like seasons dizzily Fall down Stripped barer than naked jagged branches Forced beneath icy feelings to drown Frost covers each surface Departs as morning wakes Dew remains as evidence Like shavings after erased mistakes Not long until snow layers earth Buries all white touches I couldn't bury flaws as well Bad habits caught in my clutches I stand rigid as an anchor Though it might sound strange Time ages all surroundings Somehow I don't change
A poem using fall changing to winter to compare ways my life should (and could) change if I tried but am too incapable
#life#nature#change#unchanging#same#stuck#stand#rigid#anchor
AmandaKayBurke
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AmandaKayBurke
30/F/Alaska
Mar 24, 2020
Mar 24, 2020 at 4:20 AM UTC
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