happenstance

people change
people stay the same
they mingle
then they often drift away
saying goodbye
unlike the blooms in spring
or the falling autumn leaves
the melting snow
on a warm winter’s day
a vivid contrast to
when people go astray
we trust the seasons
year over year
but people
are not so foreseeable
much more like an extinction
one day love
tomorrow tears
all we dread
in empty fear
goodbye
is a deadening of the heart
a snipping of strings
an awareness
there will never be
that perfect spring
just different flowers
in the garden of chance
that is life
people come
people go
happenstance on a lonely road
— patty
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