She calls her family together
To tell each one goodbye
From the oldest to the youngest
Her children begin to cry
She's fought this fight for many years
But this cancer is much too strong
Her will to live is fading fast
And she knows it won't be long
Her daughter asks when she'll be back
She's too young to understand
Only four years old, a tear escapes
As she holds her mother's hand
She says, "Mama you have to hurry back,
For I'm going to miss you so"
She climbs into her mother's bed
And begs her not to go
Her mother tells her not to cry
As she wipes her tear stained face
I'll always be inside your heart
You'll carry me every place
I'll be the breeze that kisses your cheek
When sadness comes to call
I'll be the smell in the autumn leaves
That ushers in the fall
I'll be your comfort when times get bad
And in everything you lack
And as her mother passes away
She whispers, "Hurry Back"
The last drops of milk:
lethargic fly sucks, in my cup
- Autumn leaf lands atop!
I say: "Good morning everyone",
Turn on the light. The morning sun
Will never choose to greet this place
Of greed-trapped minds and sheer disgrace.
Some beer into inner space
To sink reality for instance
Is just the way of my resistance
Within this suffocating maze.
The fussy crowds in hurrying trams,
The same old streets, the traffic jams
Are too disgusting for my eyes -
They seek lush colors of surprise.
My heart's a rose yet to bloom,
And all it needs is Heaven's cater,
But I will never break the fetter
Of northern winds and autumn gloom.
My heart goes out to the last Oak leaf
The one that clings until the early spring
When the buds swell giving a nudge
The last leaf that falls onto the earth
The new bud full of vitality__youth comes forth
To experience life_spring green_then summer's depth
Fall comes to it bringing the color of autumn russet
The cycle has nearly gone full circle__winter slowly moves in the last leaf falls
Beneath the autumn leaves lies a secret
Buried, underneath an old oak tree
A woman, for some time, gone missing
Now, just part of the scenery
A child of seventeen years, now silent
No marker, to show where she lay
She's been gone now, for more than a season
A sad story always ends this way
She cries out from her grave of sorrows
That one day, her body might be found
A rose decorates her shallow grave
With scattered leaves blowing on the ground
A victim of a crime, with no witness
Just another drug deal gone bad
She was only passing by when it happened
But she saw things, she probably shouldn't had
So if you're ever passing by an oak tree
And underneath, you see a single rose
Remember what's beneath the scattered leaves
A secret, where a single flower grows
I took a walk along the path of memories,
Somewhere filled with shadows of "you and me".
And as the breeze echoed your laughter,
As the wind whispered my name with your voice,
As the lake reflected a picture of us together,
I looked around me and saw...
the beauty of spring we never shared,
traces of summer we spent apart,
autumn leaves falling as I stand there alone,
showing signs of winter....
...bringing memories of you.
Seasons change,
And your world has change with the seasons.
Yet something inside me remains the same.
New life may bloom each spring,
the sun may smile upon you each summer,
nights may last longer each autumn
and the snow may cover memories each winter.
But my heart...
it always speaks of you,
it always beats for you,
unchanging...
My heart belongs to you...
Still.
Love deceives
when it comes to family
It falters
just as Autumn wind hits trees
Leaves fall
just as tears begin to roll
down cheeks
Barriers appear we meet a wall
Words played
battle as we disagreed
Unfaultering
both stood firm decisions made
Battle grounds
Left, dark, dank, pools we cried
Half dead
we split. No longer passion found.
Gently
Gently calls the melody
the final anthem of my life
As the dusk descends and settles
As the night becomes the light
Gently, oh so gently
As the tree's in autumn bend
As the stream races over pebbles
As the last becomes my end
Gently calls the melody
The final anthem to be paid
As the piper plays the last farewell
In the hours that remain
Genlty, oh so gently
As winter sends her chilling cold
As the seasons pass so quickly
And I have gotten old
Gently calls the melody
the melody of life
Gently as I kiss you,
I am gone
Turn out the lights.
Against the autumn sky the moon is blue
So is my disposition
Rustling of leaves clatters my peace
Into the lake I see my solace reflection
Clouds in the air bring the sweet caress of cool Autumn leaves,
Spiders and Butterflies set themselves down to rest in the eternal,
It takes thirty seconds to give a gentle word, or respond in gratitude,
It takes thirty seconds to give a helping hand to a struggling soul,
There is no cost to kindness, and yet kindness alludes us,
But the forgiveness of death and rebirth calls out to another way,
Where we transform the darkness into Autumn Sunshine,
As the clouds caress, I know that one day, the Lord will bring Autumn Sunshine,
And in that moment, Kindness shall reign.
With heightened urge to swim and splash
To the nearby river, with its twists and bends
In warm summer evening of Uttar Pradesh
A child sets out with a group of friends
The flowing water and its blissful rinse
The currents and waves and their silky flow
Climbing their shoulders and reaching their chins
The ecstasy causing the faces to glow
Oblivious of risks, bubbling with zeal
Knowing not a storm could mount a siege
The fury and rage could serenity steal
Ignorant that scenery could turn a page
You and I are riding the quick sand of time
The turbulent river of life is in spate
We know not that we could be victims prime
Oblivious of meeting a devastating fate
Is there a spring of autumn of life?
Where is the promised mercy’s floodgate?
Is our destiny anguish and strife?
O Saviour’s Benign Hands! How long to wait?
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