Summer fades to shades of fall
the colour of your hair
lonely branches, drooping boughs
an emptiness we both share.

Words of love caught on a wind
as cold as your goodbye
storm clouds rolling in
paint my mood upon the sky.

Where did our happy rainbow go
of long summer days now gone
when we laughed and danced the night away
staying up to greet the dawn.

Chasing dreams and butterflies
endless days were spent
just the two of us together
so blissfully content.

Then I watched the rainbow fade
saw the clouds within your eyes
you left just as the season did
taking the sunshine from my skies.

A single leaf still clings on
very soon it too will die
seasons change as people do
leaving broken dreams and butterflies