the first autumn

do you see what i see
when i look into your eyes?
hope, success, rebirth
and an old life's demise.

has anyone ever told you
of the greatness in your ways?
or the simple yet complex wish
to be around for all your days?

i so wish to illustrate
the colors in my heart
but fear stops me in its tracks
unaware of how to start

the worry of your mind
and where it rests now
corners my thoughts
yet exposes them somehow

i simply cannot suppress
all i desire to say
i ask for the strength,
can you help me this way?

lovingly you should know
how you have changed the season
never before did i believe
that things happen for a reason

but you have awakened eyes
once so apathetic and dead
please come closer to me
and repeat the words you have said

i am humbled and i am gracious
having discovered this newfound glee
and the story of the first autumn,
will always bring a smile to me.


created Tuesday, November 11, 2008