into the trees
the grass
the whole world
around us

you could see it
if you cared to look
though I don't suppose
you do

love is a poisonous
thing
I understand your
hesitation

it is killing off the flowers
and the
animals are all off
away in hiding
I understand your hesitation

but it bleeds out
now
faster now than ever
before

flowing freely
into the leaves
of the trees
and the blades
of the grass

the reds and the browns
the oranges and the yellows
screaming out against the green
fighting and flailing to stay afloat
as weather sweeps it all away
shouting into the nothingness
of the coming winter that

I am falling in love

you could see it
if you cared to look

either way
the love is bleeding out

and autumn has arrived