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Feb 2014
As my eyes lay upon the settng Autumn sun,
The West wind still lingers in the air,
Blowing the leaves of the poplar tree through my hair.

I close my eyes as the last light of day shines on my face.
Golden are the rays as they vanish beneath the earth.
Then all that is left behind is Darkness,
That devourers all that it touches.

The blackness cloaks all that is coming;
Coming for me.

But when the ravens fly overhead looking for me,
And the serpents scour the grounds,
I will have been long gone.
For my eyes have never again seen that pure golden light.
Closed to the Earth they are and, that they will stay.

Two roads await me now,
Wether I choose the left or right is unknown.
If you didn't really understand this poem it's because it is a symbolic poem. The symbols used are:
Autumn - Nearing Death
West wind- old age
Poplar tree- linked to the underworld, pain and sacrifice
Ravens- death
Serpents- evil
Left&Right-; to look to ones right is to look at the protector the ****** will go left
Black- cold negative aspects
Cloak- human trickery, assumption
Faith Montgomery
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Faith Montgomery
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