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Souls
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By Louis Gander
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Souls

I watch a dozen leaves or so

out circling on the drive -

reminding me of people who

no longer are alive.

 

To be content, they'll money earn.

They'll dress the part and bow -

because they are unsatisfied

of where they are right now.

 

Though deep into the winter,

they seem, in breeze, so dizzy.

Swirling 'round in circles cold,

they all seem very busy.

 

They don't take time for other folks

or problems they might bear.

They cannot empathize with them.

They rarely ever care.

 

So here outside my humble room,

outside my window sill,

I see them blowing 'round and 'round

with great deceptive skill.

 

They idolize their happiness

and idolize each need.

They idolize each fantasy

and idolize their greed.

 

So colorful before they fell,

now brown and curled and dry,

they aren't yet buried 'neath the snow -

and only God knows why.

 

Although their minds are thinking,

although their bodies fed,

although their hearts are beating -

their souls?  Completely dead.

 

I watch a dozen leaves or so

out circling on the drive -

reminding me of people who

no longer are alive.

 

©2015 louis gander

 


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Submitted: Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 11, 2015

About the Poet
Born in Richland Center, Wisconsin in 1954. It's the poem's message that matters- not the poet.


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