Fall -n- Splendor

Watching you go; Having to say
goodbye-
Reaching for every sacred moment;
I smile, while looking back-
Remembering your precious birth-
Reliving it every year; As I will
again-
Fall -n- splendor; Spring revives;
Time waits for no one; As
death arrives

When the frost bruises the tender
maple-
Turning it's shade to an empty
hand-
Bold red dresses; Fall about it's
feet-
Leaving it naked before the eye of man

Then comes a saddening thought-
Where did all the butterflies
go?
With their brilliant colors; And
glorious wings of beauty-
Is that something we don't really
know?

In my palm I place the Queen's
last petal-
Her faded glory; Her time has come-
Velvet softness; Crumbles to dust-
Oh it's a bitter parting; a
sentence, unjust

Fall -n- splendor, on brutal winds-
Knocking; Beating down
old winter's door-
His face cracked and dry; He answers
with a chill-
In a howling breath; He
marks the score

So to watch you go; Over and
over again-
I know time waits for nothing;
I've come to realize-
But I never turn away; Until I hear-
The last call of Summer-
in a whisper of goodbyes

© Lisa Hilbers
10/29/05