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Summer Leaves
The wind took hold of you today
Draped the ground with brown and gray
Green was gone so suddenly
The trees shed summer leaves
The summer leaves touched the sky
Glistened brightly in my eye
As through the glen I made my way
Beneath the summer leaves
When summer leaves and goes away
Chased by the cold and wet and gray
Green is gone so suddenly
The trees shed summer leaves
When people leave and go away
Chased by the cold of death’s dark day
Life is gone so suddenly
Just like when summer leaves
I looked up one day and they were gone
My beloved Dad and my Mom
I felt the cold winds hit my face
Just like when summer leaves
When summer leaves and goes away
Chased by the cold and wet and gray
Green is gone so suddenly
The trees shed summer leaves
The trees so barren could not hide
The sorrow felt as nature cried
As felt it did the cold wind’s bite
As summer days took their flight
But then the wind stopped pushing me
And in the sky I could see
Snowflakes gently prodding me
To look up in the trees
Snowflakes danced for me that day
In the air they came to play
Laughing and singing as it were
To make a silent stir
They mocked the travelers as they ran
To and fro with all their plans
It was as though time stood still
And cars slid down the hills
The snow fell everywhere around
And hushed the loud pervasive sounds
Of all the hustle-bustle days
As children with their snow men played
The silent white covered every trace
Of open field and empty space
There wasn’t anywhere that you could go
That didn’t greet you with the snow
And then I knew that God was there
Just like the snow - He’s everywhere
You can’t have sorrow He does not know
And He covers you like the pure white snow
He comes to you when summer leaves
Are blown away off of the trees
He comes to you when summer leaves
And says “Goodbye” to all the trees…
- That gave protection and the shade
In days you thought you had it made
When Dad and Mom would never fade
When in the summer days you played
And never thought they would end…
But the snowflakes dance and sing to you
And the Ancient of Days is here for you
He will not leave and He is true
No matter where you go
Just like the silent snow…
Randy A. Stahla
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