Long Happinessautumn Poems

When Colors Laugh With the Wind...

the autumn leaves float about 
and crisscross my path
they look like children running 
around having a good laugh 
 
or are they like the ideas 
we each have of our own childhood
that one memory that we want 
to relive if we only could 
 
a glimpse of a shadow rainbow
is created by the swirling leaves
and the silent hint of winter
is spoken by the trees 
 
the secret beauty of the fall
is starting to fade away
like those reminiscing thoughts
growing fainter day by day  
 
are their colors holding replies 
to the lost ideals we once held dear
or are they nothing less 
than how they appear  
 
but a cool gust flushes them 
along to the next wondering man
I hope he will be reminded
of where his happiness began