Reid@YWP

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I walked today, amongst several colors of grasses and amidst winds that scraped and soaked my silver face, wet from the morning dew, and sore from the strong pull of the corners of my mouth.

You may not understand

What it is

To look your future in the eye

And have it blink

To not know

If your rights

Will be your rights

Hello Fall, 

I see you outside my window, 

I pass you every day on our road. 

Do you know what secret life holds? 

Hello Fall, 

What happens when it starts to snow? 

When I was younger,

I once awoke in the middle of the night

to a knock on my room’s door,

I got out of bed and put my feet to the floor.

There was a woman there,

she was adorned in a black dress,

the leaves are turning the color of your eyes again 

as they fall to the ground i take care not to step on them 

break their fragile spines, crack their delicate skin 

Hills lit golden in the valley of fog 

It creeps and envelops 

Heavy moisture weighing down 

To cover folds of the earth like a blanket