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.