Love Poem: leaves no longer dance
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Written by: Vernon Witmer

leaves no longer dance

Leaves danced with giggles as breezes tickled trees.

Between each leaf I saw a clear blue sky.

My eyes found truth in every beauty given,

As though they could not recognize a lie.

I saw your beauty past the sky.

Beyond the world of man.

For though I thought I could not love again,

Your v0ice returned, reminding me I can.

But tears gave witness to the loss I felt

As all your love slipped quietly away;

Releasing all my dreams to quickly melt

Within the dimming of the light of day.

Now winds no longer tickle leaves

Cold ashes meet my eyes

No longer can I breathe again

Stilled by Love’s Demise.