Summer's Over

Summer's over

Nature is dying
Children go inside to play
Rain comes pouring
Scaring the birds away

The leaf knows what's coming
In its last attempt it burns bright red
Screaming look at me one last time
Before I fall down dead

Exhausted it gives up its hold
Its graceful fall enchants
Then lands on a footpath
To be trampled by runners and ants

Fall has come
Life is over

When does a leaf cease to be
When it changes colors
When it falls off the tree
When it gets trampled by runners
Or when we can no longer see