The Fall

i was never one for jumping in the leaves.

i was scared of bugs, so id zip my jacket all the way and put my hood on

because i knew youd pull me in anyway.

i suppose it was worth the fear to feel the leaves tickle my bare feet and the cold wind

against my face, blowing the leaves all about.

you always said my eyes turned blue if i got too cold, like i was made of ice inside.

i would insist my eyes were always green but youd say only when i was warm

and my soul was full of leaves that fed on sunlight from my golden hair.

id roll my icy eyes at your poetic words and pick leaves out of your hair

because they were dirty id say

but we both knew i just wanted to feel you against my fingers.

and wed stare for a second thinking about ice and leaves and fingertips

but the wind would startle the leaves off of the ground again and the moment

would be chased away.

you always said you wish you could live in the fall forever.

i guess you meant it because its spring now and the leaves are back

holding tight to the trees and my eyes are green and alive or so you would say

if you still could but of course you cant because you stayed in the fall.

i wish id have told you fall happens once a year, it always comes back.

if youd have known that maybe youd have waited it out but you cant come back now i know that and i wish

id have told you but i was too busy pulling leaves out of your hair and im sorry for that.

i try to enjoy the next fall as it comes around again, as i should have told you it always does but

i was never one for jumping in the leaves and the piles are back but youre not so

you cant pull me in and its no fun alone, anyway.

i still run around though and get cold and my eyes turn blue like ice you would say and i wish

you were here cause i need to know if my tears are icy blue like my eyes but i guess ill never know cause

you cant come back like fall can, i wish id told you that.

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[Lily]

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