Ode to Leaves

Oh, leaves on the trees
how I love you so

I know
I am terrible lover
so eager to greet you in the spring
having missed you over the
long
long
long
long
long
long
long
long
long
cold winter

ignoring your ever-presence through
the summer

and mourning the coming fall
as you begin to age and turn
golden

please hang on through your
golden days
please bear with me
please stay
don't go so soon

I promise I will love you better
I will eagerly await your arrival again
in the spring

Do not be long in returning