WHEN AUTUMN LEAVES BEGIN TO FALL

Is when I miss you most of all …

 

“The mellow winds of Autumn bring gentle sunshine to my heart

On days like this we will live forever and never shall we part.” - AP

 

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGmp6q4y5YE

AUTUMN LEAVES – PAULA COLE

 

Let the Summer go

let it slip like sand through your fingers

you cannot grasp something so ethereal

it can only be felt like a love that lingers

carry the warmth of Summer in your heart

slip into it's soft and tender embrace

let it's arms wrap around your heart and soul

let the light in; surround you; light up your face

let the sun shine from your eyes

the curve of your smile is divine

it reaches your eyes; lights up your soul

seen so deep and reflected in mine

walk with me on golden sands

barefoot; free and tranquil

side by side and hand in hand

our steps in time; our minds so still

footprints echo where we once trod

they fill as the sea rolls in

becoming more distant as time goes by

washing away our mortal sins

but is it a sin to love so deeply

that it devours us; swallows us up

surely it is better to love so much

than be empty; a bottomless cup

that cannot be filled or ever replete

happiness cannot brim over

it would be like a well; so deep; so dark

never to see the pink heather and clover

never to smell the scented air

Summer Jasmine and that of Winter

never to see the birds of the air

never to see sunlight; a fracture; a splinter

like a broken mirror the cracks can be seen

but the picture is fragmented as a jigsaw

the missing last piece to the puzzle of life

is love, my darling; love more and more

for only love can drive out hate

and only light can drive out the dark

so love all you can and with all your might

dance and sing joyously like a lark

for even though Summer recedes as we speak

Autumn is falling in it's wake

the sunlight is cooler but just as bright

and dapples with golden leaves like a lake

that ripples and swirls and travels nowhere

but the movement keeps it from dying

let love into your life; let it's magic unfurl

through the Autumn; the Winter; the Spring

and then it will be sweet Summer again

as the warmth spreads through your veins

releasing the Summer you kept in your heart

relieving the past; believing the plain

and simple truth; that memories are sweet

even though there may be pain

to live beautifully we have to live it all

and know Summer will return once again.

 

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