I saw a tree

After digging around some of my previous work, I found a poem that I forgot about. I still really like this one, although it could use some work. I thought it would be fitting to share as we approach my favorite time of year, fall. I live in New England, so the fall foliage such an exquisite time of year and very inspiring to write about. I don't have a title for this one and I wrote it quickly without much drafting. So, take it as you will. I hope you enjoy!


I saw a tree still carrying

the burden of leaves.

Dead hanging corpses

clinging long past the autumn foliage

had fallen in coordinated beauty.

But losing time this tree held onto

it’s past in umber paper.

Written in veins of

newborn chicks,

summer sunsets, misty mornings

and it could not accept the death season.

And it could not

move on with fellow crooked, naked limbs

mirrored beside it.

So I looked at my own burdens

latched onto weighted limbs

refusing to part with them

in beauty or shortened days.

And interchangeable parts

I realized peers in

heavy coats and woolen hats

were just as naked as the trees around them.

I'm back! And ready to write!

I've spent the last 18 months working on one of the most difficult and most rewarding things in my life. Just last week I completed my MBA in project management from Norwich University. I was hoping that I'd somehow be able to fit writing in between work and school, but I quickly discovered I had no energy left by the end of the day to devote to my novel without sacrificing some quality as well.

I've missed having time devoted to my writing and escaping into the world of the Great Oak. So not only do I feel relief at having survived the past 18 months, but also I'm exulted to have the time I need to get back into Book Two.

On another note, I have a short story that I've been working on sending out to various contest. Also, a screenplay I started many years ago that I thought had been lost forever was finally recovered! Thanks to my brother-in-law, I have my lost screenplay back and I'm looking forward to completing that as well.

Here's to no more studying and more sci-fi/fantasy! I've had more than enough reality than I can handle!

Thank you for being so patient with me and my hectic life. I wish you all well and hope to be sharing some work with everyone, including the reveal of my Book Two title!

Lots of love,

Celeste Simone