< like leaves >

[tectak]

                                  < like leaves >
                                                      for Pat
                               
                                a picnic blanket
                                in the park
                                the leaves
                                the sun glows through them
                                as we're lying here
                                i listen to you
                                read the poems you love
                                you tell me of your day
                                your breath
                                the casual warmth
                                of your light touch
                                these simple things
                                so quickly gone
                               
                                and here we are
                                the chill of fall
                                where all is quiet except our hearts
                                we watch the leaves content fall
                                through shadows of late afternoon
                                and we pretend they are not us
                               
                                but on this blanket
                                in this park
                                our love
                                it draws us up
                                it weaves us tight
                                and we forget the time
                                we'll have no summers left
                                no winters waiting for us
                                when our wishes, promises
                                will lie like leaves
                                turned lazily from breeze to breeze
                                our life
                                our love
                                how quickly gone
                                how slight our light breath moves    
                                across these leaves
                               
                                            - - -

A thing of beauty, ray. It would be churlish to beat you up over grammar punctuation issues.You will note that I ommited a comma between "grammar" and "punctuation" as you do between the "the leaves" and "the sun" and "our life"/"ourlove". This is pure narration, and as I have made the point recently to AN Other on these boards, it works only because I trust your intent. No such reasoning can excuse the "i"  in lower case as this foible transmits nothing.
Small nits not worth mentioning. Bare soul verse alrighty.
Best,
tectak