Leaves That Never Fell

Crisp wind through the amber air

A fading song, a whispered prayer

I trace your name in drifting fog

The silence wrapped around my thoughts

And time moves slow in this golden dusk

Where memory walks with tender hush

You were the leaves that never fell

The fire I felt but couldn’t tell

A quiet love beneath the trees

Still holding on in every breeze

You were the words I didn’t write

The dream that faded with the light

And though the season says farewell

You were the leaves that never fell

I see your coat hung on the chair

The ghost of laughter in the air

The morning tea we used to share

Still steams though no one's there

And every echo, every flame

Still softly speaks your name

You were the leaves that never fell

The secret no one else could spell

A part of me I never knew

Until I lost the rest with you

You were the warmth that held the rain

The song that played beneath the pain

And though the season says farewell

You were the leaves that never fell

Maybe one day, spring will know

Why autumn never let you go