Autumn Words

When the words

Have dried

Like leaves

On the pavement

Of my tongue

Crushed

Beneath my teeth

I seek

Some other road

To speak

Some other way

To reach

The empty

Space

Between

Us

To bring

You and I

Closer

Under

And overcast sky

So that there are

No shadows

In your eyes

No glare

To break

Our stare

Into the infinite

And secret

Center

Of our souls

So that rain

Will wash away

Inhibitions

So that eager lips

Will find

Warmth

Pressed against

The hearth

Of hearts

That beat beneath

Our skin

Charged like the air

We breathe in

As we lean in

And fall

Into each other

And this autumn

So we smell

Earth

and rain

and wet

and the things

That we are made of

So that skin

Like the leaves

Bleeds

Its color

Our green

Intentions

Blend then

To the caramel

Of sun kissed flesh

Then sweep to a sweet

Pink

As a blush

Touches

Fevered skin

Then all is lost

And we

Are falling

Falling

Free

Like leaves

Scattered about

Dancing now

At the discretion

Of the wind

And we are left wet

And quiet

On these sheets

Patient

Waiting

Aching

For the snow

To chill our heat

When words

Are dried like leaves

On the pavement

Of my tongue

I find another road

Another way

To make

Words

Come