Lady October

~ Candace

Over in the Garden we’re writing about October
~
Lady October

She’s wrinkled and worn
Her beauty fading fast
She limps through the days
Energy waning
Sleeping
longer each night
Dreaming
of lost youth
Shivering
under a hoarfrost blanket
Cold hands hiding her
warm heart

~

posting at d’Verse Poets Open Mic too

Published by Candace

I am a reader, a writer, and a snapper of photos

19 thoughts on “Lady October”

  4. She does have a chill now and then, especially farther north. Fortunately we are keeping her warm down here in Texas, we are still running in the 90F’s. Towards her end I help her by celebrating my BDay, just before her famous Halloween gala.
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