Autumn

(10/13/11) The autumn leaves falling on the ground The autumn leaves of yellow, orange and brown The trees like a rainbow of colors Such as this there is no other. My friends would climb up the smallest trees And shake the leaves down to me. then the leaves are raked up and placed in a large pile Children diving in and laughing all the while. The crispy crunch that you hear Sends the chills through your ears. The autumn leaves reminding us That Halloween was very near Where we could dress up and create some fear. But for now we would have our fun Chasing each other with our water guns Diving into leaves of gold and brown Hoping that we wouldn’t be found. The park keeper was as happy as can be From raking the leaves he was free. He would pick them up and putting Them into the metal cans- and the smell Of burning leaves would fill the air Letting people know that autumn was here. (memories are made of this- like the song)