Five Years

"The only thing you can count on is change."
Patti Smith

leaves
turn orange
die
fall away
grow
hang tight
overheat
lose strength
leaves
turn orange
die
fall away
grow
hang tight
overheat
lose strength
leaves
turn orange
die
fall away
grow
hang tight
overheat
lose strength
leaves
turn orange
die
fall away
grow
hang tight
overheat
lose strength
leaves
turn orange
die
fall away
grow
hang tight
overheat
lose strength

Constant change for five years
people grow
move
love
hate
fight
experience
discover
life in this time

The circle of life
throughout nature repeats
again and again
year after year

If nature didn't move in circles
we wouldn't move at all

Life is a circle
we're meant to change
born at one end
die in the other

The earth is reborn each spring
after dying with the beautiful fallen leaves
while we live one life for many years
and when we die, our bodies are
never born again

Much has changed
Much has stayed the same

These past five years
have defined a lot
of who I am now

As I grow and mature
the earth circles with my soul
all I can count on is change
change of the seasons
change of self

leaves fall down