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mary liles Aug 2020
in november i stopped dancing
december, singing
january, laughing
february, smiling
and so i shall continue
for you left me in october
and i’ve never been the same
JasFow Jul 2020
Sometimes no matter how many people you have around you, there’s an emptiness is the air you breathe
A chill runs down your spine, making it difficult to stand straight like they tell you to
To block out the thoughts of pain that drains out the tears, I think about my favorite time of the year
The crisp breeze in the air over the dry warm day, stepping on piles of crunchy leaves
Remembering when I read books outside, the descriptive words that took me to a new location
Being able to escape the jarring echoes of my mind, wandering into a light haven for the time being
While the environment becomes more brisk and wants to lift my spirits, it reminds me it'll fade to a cold end
22 years strong and there's not much else the reminds me that good memories were made, but will there be more
One can only hope on a late October evening
I can't wait for Halloween
Serendipity Jul 2020
The memories
of late October
torment me
like trick or treaters
begging
for more candy.
S L Poetry May 2020
Tell me what it is
About the trees
Dusty grey and gloomy in October
That resonates so dearly with a heart
Melancholy and somber
This rain is soothing
Like the soft white I line my walls with
A golden haze playing through my veins
And flames to match the essence
But not the calefaction

You can watch me drift into a paralysis effortlessly
A debilitation cold and lingering
Like lifeless trees awaiting the worst
Some sun
Does not change the course of nature
And I wonder what flavor of future
Nature holds for me
I feel like the trees
In the middle of a foggy autumn afternoon
Comfortable

And content
Living in the shadows of a world
Too engulfed in regurgitated highs
To contemplate or appreciate struggle
A world utterly ignorant to individuals soft spoken and inherently
Harmonious in the ways of authenticity
And naturalism and realism
We have the endurance to undergo lifelong tempests
But lack the energy to speed through
Trivial phases of Insatiable beauty 
Our growth is goddess enough

Tell me what it is about the moon
Majestic and nostalgically haunting
A calming through night's terrors
And unforgiving traumas
Silver whisps of validation shine into a heart
With love looking a little too much like silhouettes
An ebony void seeping into the cracks of joy
And pain becoming an obvious pattern
And the moon is there always
Watching the molding in a resentful awe

What happened to the life of the young
Happiness looking like summer nights
And chrismas lights and vintage pop bottles
Fading into an uninviting outline
Through that type of half reality
Half fantasy version of time
Months feeling like hours
But unrewarding years all the same
Childhoods disappearing into insomnia
And I'm not very hungry
And I don't want anything for my birthday
Kind of aloof answers
We get it
We're all just tired

Tell me what it is
About the stillness of autumn
That induces a numbness in our hearts
Watching our desires blow away with the wind
One by one
They sing their remorse through aeolian howls
Uncanny and ghost like
Or the early nightfalls
That strangely feel more intimate
Than our last touch did
A type of familiarity rather profound
And lacking in any form of resentment
Maybe it's the significance in vulnerability
The stripping away of irrelevant priorities
To see the real
To see the roots

Tell me what is is
About the trees
Dusty grey and gloomy in October
That soothes a tired soul
A vagabond in search for more
And a heart a little too in love with loss
Consilius May 2020
You pierced my slumber with your smile,
your brief presence reminded me it's been a while,
you got a style, a unique flair,
inimitable, quite rare.

You were a punk,
I had my way.
We painted a story,
in a world so grey.

You hung the plaid jacket,
gave up on heavy boots and spiky belt.
Now I see you dressed like that,
reminding me of how I felt.

You were laughing at my baggy jeans,
saying at least two people could fit in.
We stood on the edge of two cultures.
By all means,
it was all about what's within.

You would find it amusing,
knowing I remember lyrics from your favourite songs.
Wonder if you remember mine.
When my heart longs,
I play them from time to time.

In an attempt to remember the bad,
I fail so good.
No resentment, no bitterness at all.
From the broken memories, your love is all I recall.

You remember?
That bleak October, even the skies were crying.
You didn't pick up the phone,
your friend said you wanted to be alone.
Looking for you seemed at least worth trying.
So I took my bike and went in to the rain,
determined to find you.
I kept calling to no avail,
cruising the streets like a lunatic.
She finally broke the veil,
I shall find you by the creek.

And there you are, in a distance,
wearing your rebel clothes.
The only colour in that bleak land of sorrow
clouds pouring tears of despair,
the wind permeating the scene with wail of grey.

I approached, not a glance, not a word.
A vague memory eluding expression.
Next, I am holding your hand in a hall,
you lean on for a kiss.
I am to blame for the call,
knowing you're the girl I'm gonna miss.

"It was beautiful"
I had a dream about my first love. In that state of melancholy I tried to recall some memories and since I was already digging in the past I decided to make a poem.
The last part I see quite vividly.
Her saying "It was beautiful" is the last thing I remember.
Hope she's doing well.
Bansi Adroja Nov 2019
The city always reminds me of you
amber leaves in Hyde Park
your coffee under the trees keeping my hands warm

Our nervous laughs
all the way to our love lost somewhere in the dark
cold shoulders through phone fights

But we never walk away
from a chance of feeling something
like that first date

Hearts out of hibernation

I loved you from that moment
our borrowed time
lost in October sunshine
Far from perfection
Jake Welsh Nov 2019
i open my windows in October
when i sleep

i am alone

still candle flame through frosted stone

a warm milky glow
& cool crystalline air

these things weave me together
from "salve" 2019
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Proctor Ehrling Nov 2019
Belltowers chariot signalling distance
Towering gallows where I've been sentenced
The iridescence of coming doom
Graveyard daisies are in bloom
Their season is unusually sober
They've been growing whole October
So I got high and the next morning found this in my notebook.
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