Suddenly December
Winter without warning:
surreptitious arctic air
connives with the wolverine wind,
reap the harvest of fallen petals
and gem-colored leaves —
too soon the parting
of melancholic seasons,
the reluctant goodbye
to a place
where you and I once stood
and time was an intruding
stranger —
truly once
there was such a place —
suddenly December
rainbow colors
of moments past
covered
with pristine snow.
D. G. Vachal © 2024
Image by Erik Karits @pixabay
lilies, sparrows and grass 
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