Autumn leaves, I see your greenery embrace, Turning into hues of sparkling fire, In autumn's chill, where winds of change conspire, A strange loneliness fills this quiet space. Golden leaves, now departing with such grace, Remind me of a love that must retire, To dreamland’s shores, where once burned my desire, I feel you leaving, gone without a trace. Why does the world retreat and leave me here? The flowers fade, the geese are far from near, Even the caterpillars take to wing, Departing bird's songs, none can even hear, As beauty fades, the wind’s cold breath I fear, My soul, deciduous, sheds love’s last cling.