I remember a day
I was walking the sidewalk
playing alone
and my leaves, though still green
were beginning to gold
then, suddenly
you were there
just the way that you are
in the center of my vision
in the center of my life
who would have guessed
that this chance encounter
would tangle into such a love affair?
who could have known
that these broken, brittle pieces of my heart
would come to glow and glow
and glitter again?
to find myself flirting with the inevitable
once more
to feel myself exploring
the somber tones of my own passion
it is a mystery
a mystery
a mystery
and yet, I am filled and whole
and happy to know
that these golden leaves can be green again.