Fall

Bare feet on wet concrete, wearing a suit the sun will dry

Those laughs and screams so sharp they could cut through time

Sunscreen and chlorine, my careless fun watched by my dad’s careful eye

Those days disappeared in the splash of a cannonball cry

The air is getting colder

I am getting older

Where did summer go?

Now I’m watching the leaves, so brave in their descent

I wonder how they trust they’ll land exactly where they’re meant

I’m standing at the edge of change, I guess that’s just life after all

But I don’t know if I’m ready to fall

Teenage days melted away, like snow cones at the beach

But once they felt so solid unaffected by any heat

Between sleeping late and low pressures stakes I missed most of the lessons my mom would teach

Like holding on before it’s out of reach

I am getting colder

And I don’t want to be older

Where did summer go?

Now I’m watching the leaves, so brave in their descent

I wonder how they trust they’ll land exactly where they’re meant

I’m standing at the edge of change, I guess that’s just life after all

But I don’t know if I’m ready to fall

Oh I’m watching the leaves