the beautiful and sad together.
is that what makes you speak
in words that long to reach
farther than the heavens
farther than you thought the grass could grow
if we just let it alone
when we were children
the beautiful and the sad
the green leaf in its glory turned to red
and orange and lemon in the same leaf
the sign of nearing grief or at least of
desolate and imperturbed winter
how can you trace at the same time
life and death
love and disappearance
and feel close to anything except
the beautiful and the sad
the sadly beautiful forever
was this song's endeavor.
mary angela douglas 1 february 2023
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