The Unattended Friendship
With the leaves across the lawn
Scatters in the doorway
Unconnected, patience drawn
It dances gently in the breeze
And ponders one last waltz
Its tattered skirt and broken bow
Erode from hairline faults
Crescendoing with dusk's last gasp
It tugs for one last time
Its grip no more than tenuous
Its meaning lacking rhyme
The Unattended Friendship
Burrowed in the soil
Its feelers searching for a sprout
Though much too tired to toil
With one last look, the grass now brown
The leaves' mulch crisply scattered
The photographs and memories
Soon fade with all that mattered
Beaten down by life's neglect
And unprotected play
Sun now set, forever dimmed
Momentum slips away
(10-24-2000)
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