The Autumn Leaves

The Autumn Leaves
 
You keep on telling me that your dying
Please don’t tell me you’ve given up trying
 
You have still got so very much to live for
You never know what surprises life has in store
 
They say that life is for the living
You’ve got a heart that keeps giving
 
You’ve truly got a heart made of gold
I hope we are friends till we grow old
 
It’s fall and all the leaves have begun to turn
it’s for those happy days gone by that you yearn
 
Sleep and dream till your dreams come true
Try to start each day of your life brand new
 
I truly don’t believe that you want to pass away
When it’s in my arms that I want you to stay
 
You have touched so many a loving heart
They would be left so sad if you should part
 
If you departed I would have lost my best friend
Our road together would have come to it’s end
 
it’s been day upon day of continuous rain
As long as you’re by my side I can’t complain
 
Itès a knowing love that we share together
Always there no matter how stormy the weather
 
All of the yellows and oranges of the autumn leaves
For those departed we need to take time to greave
 
The orchard trees barren of all their leaves
Together we must find a way to just believe
 
 
By Gary Edward Allen 2017