Autumn leaves cascade to the ground
Another day is ending
My life slowly slips away.
I sit back and watch life fly by.
I try to live for the moment.
But it's just too hard to do.
Everything I've grown to love
Will be changing so soon.
I don't want my life to change
Friends will be leaving and maybe me too.
My shell of comfort is bare to pain
I can't stop what I know is coming.

Just a month of days here remain.
Then it will all be over.
Just a mere memory will survive
The thought of that brings tears to my eyes.


The poem was written on April 12th, 2000