Beauty's Difference

We fell for the leaves

Their dancing and colors

Their ability to change

And still be beautiful-

In a world soon settled

With the cold of winter-

We loved their ability to shine

To break the dreary

Gray we all saw-

We loved them until

They dried and withered

All shared the same hue

Coating the ground

We walked upon-

We loved the stars

The way they twinkled,

So bright we saw them

Through child’s eye-

An array of wonder

In the sky above us-

Seaking shapes in their

Wandering lines-

Pointing them out every day

Until one day

We found our voices

Fell on deaf ears-

And slowly

The stars lost their shine

As our days grew longer

And our errands took precedent.

We fell in love with the different

Searching for changes

Alterations to our day

That we eventually absorb

Into routine

To ruin the beauty of

Another thing

We never should have claimed.

Katrina Thornley is a nature poet and novelist that resides in Rhode Island. She has two poetry collections currently published, a novel, as well as a short story anthology. Her poetry collections "Arcadians: Lullaby in Nature" and "Arcadians: Wooden Mystics" were inspired by a local park and life in her small rural town. You can find them on Amazon now!

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