sleepy-alligator

I filled my boots with my sock covered feet As the sound of crunching leaves echoed my approach Trudging up the steps heavily and over the lawn, I gazed up at the cloud filled sky. Afraid to call myself, my own, me, my enmity, The shades of blue and gray and pink I drank down into my memory's eye. My mind perturbed by the day's events, Waiting in the shade the shadows I met. We danced together over winter's fallen leaves Slept in the earth's creases as the seasons slowly passed us by. We ran across the pure ripples of clear pools of water And bid each other adieu under the evening sky. As I stepped down my driveway In my boots