Fade Away (a poem)

Summer fades away

Carried off by a sweeping breeze

That sparks a tingling on my skin

And stirs a strange sensation within

The world's bright menagerie of colors

Age and descend into shades of umber

The morning air nips and the forest falls silent

As though everything is easing into slumber

I stand here and watch it all

With a weary sigh

Crumble to ash and fall

I can see the time passing by

As I watch a ceiling of stars

A meteor falls and burns up in the atmosphere

What goes up must come down

And it seems as though I am running aground

Beyond the exosphere is a vastness unending

Looking up, I know I am so small

I'm here to live and die, that's all

Time rolls on and infinity continues to grow

I hear the geese cry and watch the leaves fall

The Universe continues to change

Cyclic as the seasons; so do I

Perhaps we're not so different after all

A piece of me fades away

Carried off by the sound of the clock on the wall

That sparks a tingling on my skin

And stirs a strange sensation within