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Silence #1

Autumn's palette 
initiates a signal to fall

I sit behind glass
and will them to cling
to resist the breeze's instructions
to grip hard
and then harder 
when sodden and heavy 
even the rain scolds
their obdurate stance

they could stay
I know they could
but one by one
they drop silent
 
shouldn't their detachment make a sound
a cruel little snap
register a tiny yelp of pain

behind the glass that separates us
I sometimes wonder who's the specimen

and them 
all peace and quiet 
just following their paths
looking in
wondering about the strange reluctance
of all the artifacts
observing them.

Love the play with point of view here.

Really enjoyable read.

Thanks, Greg 

Hey Colm
Atypical Colm piece in the best sense, playful, meaningful and with an easy way with words and pictures. Nicely done

Thanks, Dave. 
Much appreciated 

Very much enjoyed Colm. Perspectives, inside/outside, invite the reader to reflect on insistence/acceptance/resistance. A rewarding and resonant read.

Phil

'they could stay
I know they could
but one by one
they drop silent
 
shouldn't their detachment make a sound
a cruel little snap
register a tiny yelp of pain'


Maybe they do, Colm, but we are lucky enough not to hear it.  Autumn would be agony if we could hear such sounds.

Lovely poem.

Gyppo

Many thanks, Phil and Gyppo   I'm glad this one seems to work 

I'm sure that admin will, in the fullness of time, delete these spurious ads from Colm's thread.  But, having seen a new name , I was bitterly disappointed to find they were a Spammer

Francis Crype would be a glorious name for a poet.

Gyppo

I deleted the spam and banned the spammer - pity, I agree Francis Crype is a great name for a poet in a  R.L. Stevenson sort of way.