FALL-ING DOWN
FALL IS COMING, BRING IT ON,
LEAVES IN THE BACKYARD, and THE FRONT LAWN,
STACKING UP IN GREAT BIG PILES, and DOWN THE STREETS, FOR MILES AND MILES,
LEAVES LEAVES EVERYWHERE, STEP OUTSIDE, AND THEY WILL LAND ON YOUR HAIR,
BEAUTIFUL THEY ARE, YES INDEED,
And, FOR A WHILE, YOU WON’T NOTICE THE WEEDS,
UNTIL THE TREES, THEY LEFT BEHIND, DIE THEMSELVES, ONE MORE TIME,
And TAKE THE BEAUTY THEY ONCE HAD, and RETURN IT IN SPRING, TO MAKE US GLAD,
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TO ONCE AGAIN SEE THE VIVID GREEN,
IN THE GRASS, THE TREES, AND YES THE LEAVES,
THAT REMINDS US OF ANOTHER SEASON,
THAT EVERY SEASON HAS ITS REASON,
FOR DIFFERENT COLORS, at DIFFERENT TIMES, TO GIVE A HEADS UP, BY LEAVING SIGNS,
OF THE BEAUTY TO COME, LETTING US KNOW, THAT THEY ARE NOT DONE,
DOING WHAT THEY ALL DO BEST, GIVING SHADE, AND PROVIDING A HOME FOR A NEST,
BUT FOLKS, NO MATTER WHAT THE WEATHER, WHATS IMPORTANT IS BEING TOGETHER,
WE CAN SING IN THE RAIN, PLAY IN THE SNOW, AND ONE LAST THING BEFORE I GO,
ENJOY LIFE WITH THE ONES THAT YOU LOVE, AND REMEMBER ALL SEASONS CREATED ABOVE,
THEY ALL HAVE A PURPOSE, FOR ALL GROWING THINGS, and THATS THE BEAUTY THAT THIS LIFE BRINGS!!
