Sunday

October For Oaken Hearts

Within a sphere of this maniacal world,

Days pass as sure as they fall.

Their movement shakes my window--

The house settles, it settles and cracks to tell its tale.

I am an entity, and I am unafraid,

For within the center, the eye, and the calm

Of this storm, I do wait--

And as I am still, but one thing is real. That is--

The sound of the gods who’ve claimed my soul,

Clamoring yet whispering, into the sound hole.

They speak of your return, and of an October sky--

Silhouetting the oak tree we’ve claimed, but not yet known.

I embark unto the shoreline, and my feet,

They follow my heart.

Soon, the water, it surrounds me--

I am floating and bathing within a hope that stirs

My chest. I break, but my gods appoint a seamstress.

It’s not until they’ve mended my best dress,

That they gently, one last time,

Reveal to me the sky that holds the tree--

“Oh, dear heart, this sight you shall soon be.”

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