skeletal scarlet leaves
set the lean timber ablaze
smoldering like the devil’s inferno
i shudder
as the iced breeze
breathes onto my raw skin
the shoreline dances
to whispers of the lifeless
wooing the human senses
it was as if
they knew me
the essence of rain
still lies alive
on the moist sand
violet skies
calm the beach’s aura
the tide
hits the coastline
once again