we took a drive down the Blue Ridge Parkway
rolled down the window and
endless streams of molten treetops
your hand in mine, the world a canvas
painted in amber and gold, fleeting warmth
as a lone, crunchy leaf danced in,
interrupting our silence—
a fragile intruder from an autumn long past
the chill of the coming winter whispered
of times gone by and the silence between us
that spoke louder than words ever could.
AI-generated art, edited in Photomosh
Heart-generated poem
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