I never told you
but I fell in love with you
not just once,
but many, many times.

The first time
was when you told me:
"You have me. You don't have to be alone anymore",
and I smiled so hard
my cheeks ached for days
(the same way my heart did when we weren't together)

I last fell for you
when you told me for the final time
(although we didn't know it then):
"I love you, always".
Except this time as I plummeted downwards
you weren't there to catch me
because you had wandered elsewhere.

Autumn is a teenager
who paints the leaves
rebellious colours
and throws them down
in a huff of cool wind.
She doesn't like when
people call her Autumn.
She prefers her nickname
Fall, because that's what she makes the
leaves do as she passes by.