itmustbefall

she said to meeh once things are dying... it must be fall
the leaves are changing colours just before they fall to the ground
they are in their glory then
bright oranges and reds and yellows
who could see it coming

this is the hardest

i think it was always easier because i didnt have to watch it happen
the way i watch the leaves change
snapping fotographs of the beauty just before the fall
i save the images of the leaves
pressing them into journals alongside flower petals

but i stayed at your bedside
i watched you come back to life
i basqued in that glory
just before you fell

but now i cannot breathe
things are dying now
it must be fall
and how i dread you now