October Is Self-Confident and Strong

An October day with the trees covered in brightly colored leaves, some swirling in the wind, some on the stony ground.

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October is self-confident and strong,
Crisp and ready for the captious wind.
Though life lies less ahead and more behind,
Old age can barely peek through well-clad bones.
Beauty so outrageous can't be wrong,
Even as death steals among the stones,
Resting where the leaves lie battered, blind.

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