Maybe you’re not late.
Will you trust Mother Earth
with Autumn’s end
even when you don’t feel ready?
Maybe you are right on time
keeping the cycle.
A tree with your own falling leaves.
Maybe your season is happening
just as it should be.
© Alicia Grimshaw 2019
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Thank you for sharing.
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“May be”.. Beautifully penned..
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Thank you for letting me know you found beauty in my words.
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Privileged & Honoured… Thanks to you for presenting us with such a wonderful thought & a beautiful mind…
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I love to just let it happen… this is as it should be, and acceptance is crucial
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Thanks for sharing your response. I appreciate your perspective.
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Thanks for sharing.
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Always happy to share this, My Dear!
xoxo 💖🌹
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How freeing, like the falling leaves, to embrace our own season! Thank you, Ali for the beautiful autumnal words and image…
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Thank you for the appreciation. I hope they added lift to your day.
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Autumn is my favourite season, I love its magic and mystery!
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This is a beautiful piece of poetry, Ali for a lovely season and the picture too was so apt with your poem. Lovely.
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I truly appreciate your kind response. I hope you find inspiration in this season and strength to let go of what you no longer need to hold.
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Thank you dear Ali for your lovely words. Have a nice day.
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I love the perspective of your poem, Ali, the way you address the deciduous tree, and that you don’t specify what species – a beautiful metaphor for the human condition. I especially love the lines:
‘Maybe your season is happening
just as it should be.’
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Kim, thank you so much for your feedback. It’s always interesting to hear what others receive from my words. Nature has a lot to teach us if we are paying attention. Thank you for the inspirational prompt to write from
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A tree with your own falling leaves.
…your season is happening
just as it should be.
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I thought this poem might resonate with you. You are right on time with this season of your life. Sending you love.
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Adding this link to the reference index at the Foundation for Poetic Justice
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Thank you for sharing.
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My pleasure
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Good observation in those last two lines.
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Thank you Frank.
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Ahhh, accept the “deficiencies” of an aging human body … “just as it should be” …
This is beautiful, Ali. Thank you.
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Or maybe they aren’t deficiencies but a different season of the same body? Can we learn to love all seasons of ourselves?
I am glad you liked this one.
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Maybe. 🙂
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I am glad to see you considering the idea of MAYBE.
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Hard to trust that we’re right where we need to be. You express so beautifully.
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V.J. I believe that we have an opportunity to learn from this day and at the same time find the small beautiful in complicated circumstances. I hope my words provided you with lift. Take care.
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Your words always lift me up, Ali.
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I am glad to hear that.
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Love the way you have closed the poem.Beautiful.
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Thank you fellow poet. I hope my words brought lift to your day.
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Yes it did indeed, Ali.
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Thank makes me happy. Have a beautiful day.
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You too Ali
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