dear god, freeze me in a forever-autumn

with orange leaves forever falling

and ankled feet forever splashing through them

with a tickling breeze forever breezing

and tumbling clouds forever cloudy

and unending eyes forever sparkling with..something

and children’s arms forever reaching

and crinkly faces forever forming crinkly smiles

but not dying

the delicate petals of sky forever stretching

our hearts forever red and salty (secretly)

green forever green, fingers forever fingers,

mountains always and forever mountains

the moon forever implying beautiful promises

the silly sun forever burning

our stars forever twinkling

and not dying

october forever cold, but wonderfully so

and the trees forever whispering whispering

with his or her hands forever skeletal and lovely

eyes forever something with something

please, we insist, a forever autumn

without dying