Hi Lovelies. Welcome to my first ever post on Volatile Velvet-- join me on my fashion endeavors. Chicago Autumn is upon us! My Fall necessities? Black coffee, Radiohead and a serene place like the Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool to write poetry. This outfit contains multiple of my signature style markers, such as these lacy/floral patterned tights, to give you punks a better picture of my every day style. Burberry's classic plaid compliments a heather gray pea coat and amplifies the dark red of a thrifted sweater and Doc Martens.
Autumn
in Chicago
with
all the white Autumn light in the world
tucked,
brooding, between my fingertips,
I
breathe in rhythm with October’s crisp respiration.
unlike
the tug of an addiction, I know
that
one day these months will crave me
like
I crave them, and I rise
into
the fresh air and leap down the streets of Chicago.
green
vines bless brick architecture
with
their gentle caress, run in harmony
alongside
the varied shades of gray.
starkly
angled skyscrapers
reach
their talons to brush the clouds.
lovers
decorate sharp street corners,
red
and raven black pea coats meet in embrace
along
Millennium Park benches,
new
and old companions’ intimacy excused
by
the air’s brisk inclination
to
nudge bodies ever closer.
the
season is simple if you let it,
but
poets with campfire eyes
breathlessly
ponder
why
some voices are soundless
and
why leaves are most beautiful
in
the wake of their eminent death.
I
walk along ashen gravel paved
with
cigarette butts and the satisfying crunch
of
chardonnay, amber and amaranth
leaves
fallen from their branches.
on
Fullerton, a Maple tree’s finger tips crack
as
they reach for a last embrace before the fall.
the
foliage is reassured by the promise
that
they will create a most lovely Symphony
beneath
city dwellers’ heels.
Somewhere,
someone is falling
like
Autumn leaves in Chicago,
and
somewhere the branches
reach
for them, too.
“one day I am gonna grow wings
a chemical reaction
hysterical but useless
hysterical and a let down”
--radiohead
T-Shirt dress (Target), Sweater (Thrifted), Tights (ModCloth), Pea Coat (Macy's), Shoes (Doc Martens), Purse (Burberry)
