The Unattended Friendship <br />With the leaves across the lawn <br />Scatters in the doorway <br />Unconnected, patience drawn <br /> <br />It dances gently in the breeze <br />And ponders one last waltz <br />Its tattered skirt and broken bow <br />Erode from hairline faults <br /> <br />Crescendoing with dusk's last gasp <br />It tugs for one last time <br />Its grip no more than tenuous <br />Its meaning lacking rhyme <br /> <br />The Unattended Friendship <br />Burrowed in the soil <br />Its feelers searching for a sprout <br />Though much too tired to toil <br /> <br />With one last look, the grass now brown <br />The leaves' mulch crisply scattered <br />The photographs and memories <br />Soon fade with all that mattered <br /> <br />Beaten down by life's neglect <br />And unprotected play <br />Sun now set, forever dimmed <br />Momentum slips away <br /> <br />(10-24-2000) <br />©2012 All Rights Reserved<br /><br />Holly Jamestone<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-unattended-friendship/
