The Sigh Of Autumn

The rains have washed away

all the streets and uprooted the trees

while the grass stays covered with raindrops

making the water seep inside the shoe's skin

There is a mother who stands at her doorstep

She waits for her children to come back

cares and cleans their muddily drenched clothes

and washes their hair with soap

it has taken all her time, to leave her

with the thought of nothing but them

She cooks daily and listens to dailies

this is how she spends her time 15 years later

no other care in the world but

obsessed with her midlife crisis

she has forgotten her dreams were once killed

when she got married early

all through the years she never once regretted

but today when the rains have departed

she discovers she could be what she couldn't be

and now she wants her children to be

The sigh of autumn

comes in life

when mothers see their dreams through their children's eyes

The old man wanted to pursue law

instead works in a bank

he has built a world with his two kids

and makes them study what he left on a page, blank,

his children listen to him carefully

when he retells his story

To them it is a new discovery

of what their father could have been

The sigh of autumn

comes when the leaves dry out

and your dreams rise out of its tomb

Now, when he's older and another on the bed

Some follow their advice and think
they could be more than they are
if they didn't like to laze
and order from there......

But they don't have regrets

just different stories to tell

The sigh of autumn

is whispered when their little ones

get tired of them...........

The sky darkens

ignited by the lightening

a few people stand on their balconies to watch

while a family sits and plays cards

and another day another say

Sigh if you like, the autumn will go by

until it reappears.................

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