Without Beginning Or End

in the whisper of the wind as the leaves of color fall the afternoon shadows stretch reaching skinny and tall we skip the cracks in the sidewalk hopscotching to avoid bad luck laughter fills the empty void of conversation when we are stuck in desperation we hold on to what little that we have left thinking if we don't look too hard we can continue to drift how do we get back to there? that safe place we used to be when distance isn't the only thing that's keeping you from me as the time slips quickly away we kiss and part as friends always sweet, these times we meet a circle without beginning or end