When Autumn Leaves Came Sifting Down

late-summer sky, vast cloudless vault hued blue as eyes first meeting mine; soon autumn tinged fresh campus air as flirting-glance to fondness grew and verdant leaves donned ochre hues then blushed rust tones when we would gaze deep into eyes, hearts warm as spring in dappled shade beneath spread limbs of gold and umber, pumpkin-rind, soft pastel sketches for the eye while we held hands and strolled to class, kaleidoscope of trickling leaves adrift and wafting, sifting down to skitter softly in north's breeze while we embraced for our first kiss in gloaming colored like the leaves