Autumn Colours

I asked the Lord why the leaves in Fall
Change their colors and look so tall?
"I'm too busy," the Lord said to me.
"Perhaps, maybe, you should ask the tree."

So, I asked an Elm on beautiful Autumn day;
And she told me, "because it's time to go away."
"I change my leaves to be more beautiful today
So you will miss me when I'm gone away."

So, with dreams of sugar plums dancing in my head,
I open one eye, then I get out of bed.
If I don't move on this road of life today,
Who's gonna miss me when I'm gone away?

I could wait until Fall for me,
And try my best to bloom and be
The man I want remembered as me
When I'm deep in the Winter Sea.

But I think it'd be better still
If today I can complete my will.
If I wait 'til Fall comes around,
I won't have time to echo my sound.

So, I'm off and running without desperation;
To paint my leaves in quiet concentration
In Spring and Summer to show a tree
I won't wait to show the one true me.