Purple Leaves

Remember when the trees

had purple leaves,

the grass was blue and the sky was green

songs were laughter raining down

and you were anything you imagined

Then the bough breaks,

the cradle falls, and

the colors fade to not even black and white

but blurry shades of sad grey

and tears are like river spilling over

Where did the rainbow go

and why do the songs hide

Shouldn’t life be fair and what we imagine

Find it again by closing your eyes

and remember when the trees

had purple leaves.