Prayer of autumn

Prayer of autumn

Like an autumn tree
Clinging desperately
To its last golden leaf

I tried to hold you,
My love

From the wind of time

I grasped you to my heart
I gazed at you
With the craving eyes of my soul

Begging you to stay
Telling you
My garden was your home.

I ripped the veils from my heart
I allowed the burqa of my soul
To slip to the ground

And I shivered as I revealed
The nakedness of my love
For you

I laid my heart
At your feet

I raised my eyes
From the ground

But I was too late
The winter wind had stolen

The last leaf
Of your feelings
For me

And as that
Last
Lingering
Leaf
Landed
On the frozen wastes
Of our love

I cried
Because there was nothing else
To do

Without you.

I am waiting
For the spring.

I am waiting
For your leaves to blossom

On my tree.

And when
We bloom again,

My love

Your leaves
Will be sacred
And safe

With me.

Love,

Howling Lamb