Autumn Without You

 Autumn Without You

The wind rattling, the smell of the leaves, and the feelings I have when autumn comes.
It’s the season of warmth and hopes.
When the wind comes rattling along the emptiness, I suddenly think the wind is your footsteps.
I walk along the road looking back and forth as the cars pass by me.
I see two people sitting in the car, and I always think they’re you and me.
We’re inside the car talking, having fun, and joking.
Then, I remember that autumn is here, but you’re not.
Autumn without you is like the trees without the leaves, and the leaves without their colors.
I’m standing here in the middle of nowhere without you.
Living without you is like living without the air, without my blood, and without my heart.
You’ve left me standing here looking up at the blue sky thinking about us.
I’m like a lonely leaf on a tree.
I’m beginning to fall and fade out like the colors on the leaves.
When the rain comes, it’ll wash me away like washing your love farther and farther away from me. 

 Copyrighted @ 2022. Taken from Into the Night: A Collection of Poems, by N.N. Nicky