the wind cut sharply at me
stinging where the tears were
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as i stood there watching
the retreating figure
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all around me as the wind
ripped them from the trees
they calmed and fell to the
ground around me
i
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t
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t h e m
to the cold hard ground
the sky darkened over head
and then ice rain
p
o
u
r
e
d
down on me
from the gray sky
at the same speed that
the cold tears streemed
from my eyes
then my tear ducts ran dry

and i decided that i
would be able to piece my
heart back together
the shower passed and i
stood to go home i looked
at the crimson leaves where
my head lay

they formed a heart
and i knew that eventually
the leaves would grow back
on the tree and be green again
eventually i will love again
until then i will enjoy the
september fall....