The fall draws me .....as the view drew me ..........along many landscapes ...............and what I experienced ....................and learned along the way .........................opened up many avenues to new plans .....new places, and ..........new people ...............new opportunities with ....................new insights .........................and new acceptance I remember everything .....even more intense than it was ..........brighter than in the full sun ...............purer is my love ....................purer are my choices .........................purer my desires in the final fall ..........with less pleasure ....................and less expectation
and what I did not achieve .....did not get and ..........could not prevent ...............dissolves in the sea ....................of eternity .........................fall after fall
Poem "The Descent" in: "Paterson", Book Two, Section 3 (1948, William Carlos Williams)