Autumn of Joy

Happiness is always brief
like these golden leaves all ablaze.
The warmth of excitement blushing in their hues.
Their glorious vermilion tongues of fire
leaping into the crisp and clear blues,
stoking the passion of the sun's kisses.
Savor the contented tranquility of happiness
while you can.
Savor the dizzying exhilaration of atoms colliding
in your adrenalin.
Let the fragrance of the moment be pressed and
dried in your pages of memory.
Frame the walls of your soul with the snapshots
of your courtship.
Close your eyes and feel it....
Feel it, as they float into the brown depths.
Slowly letting the colors of their joy settle down into the earth.