Autumn Colours
I asked the Lord why the leaves in Fall
Change their colors and look so tall?
"I'm too busy," the Lord said to me.
"Perhaps, maybe, you should ask the tree."
So, I asked an Elm on beautiful Autumn day;
And she told me, "because it's time to go away."
"I change my leaves to be more beautiful today
So you will miss me when I'm gone away."
So, with dreams of sugar plums dancing in my head,
I open one eye, then I get out of bed.
If I don't move on this road of life today,
Who's gonna miss me when I'm gone away?
I could wait until Fall for me,
And try my best to bloom and be
The man I want remembered as me
When I'm deep in the Winter Sea.
But I think it'd be better still
If today I can complete my will.
If I wait 'til Fall comes around,
I won't have time to echo my sound.
So, I'm off and running without desperation;
To paint my leaves in quiet concentration
In Spring and Summer to show a tree
I won't wait to show the one true me.
About this poem
I wrote this poem because I needed a little personal motivation to get out of bed. I needed something to remind myself that I only have so much time, and it's moving fast. And I wrote this to acknowledge the changing of the leaves every autumn.
Written on October 03, 1997
Submitted by cafceo on September 26, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABB CCCC DDCC BBBB EEFF GGBB |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 943 |
Words | 217 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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