Thursday, October 1, 2020

Reliquary

October comes like a ghost.
The wind kicks up, leaves depart,
Fires are still in the air.

A harvest of time, disguised
As wine too bitter
To drink or refuse.

Yet forget we must, all the shame
Mistakes burned in us, the griefs
We acquired on the way.

What is this flame in the moon?
To pull us like children to the cold,
Empty enough for our swords.