prompt: "stars have settled upon my lips"
another autumn/halloween-ish poem lmao <33 sorry but my favorite season is autumn so i write about it 24/7
ALSO HAPPY NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY!!!! :)
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autumn nights—
dried cinnamon
lingering
in the raw wind
that weaves through
our love-soft sweaters
like a slender knitting needle.
muted bursts of sun
stored in the leaves
of honey yellow
and crumpled-rose red.
(we are never without the sun
in this third season, my darling,
even when the moon seizes the sky,
shining
like a polished harvest apple
dusted with silver.)
autumn nights—
stars settled upon my lips,
revealing all their secrets
that now sit heavily
on my cupid's bow.
they know i won't say a word,
even when the witches croon
a simple, stardusted spell
that has the air of rusted pennies
and burnt rosemary;
or when the ghosts peel themselves
from my walls,
curious, ever so curious,
of what the constellations hold
in their glinting spirals of light.
after all,
ghosts are akin
to these sparkling wonders—
they're both unreachable
from this limiting, earthly world,
yet you can feel their presence
with a chilling certainty
that claws up the back of your neck
like a creature
with cold breath and teeth.
autumn nights—
my raven-black hair
melting into the shadowed woods
as i'm lured into its hungry depths,
not intending
to ever emerge
whole.
love,
mari