As the Rustled Leaves Blow

A Villanelle about love leaving.

Our Autumn has fallen and I must go
A needful end to all this needless hate
Love swept away as the rustled leaves blow

My heart still churns for you, but you'll never know
Peering down and out at tomorrow's fate
Our Autumn has fallen and I must go

My soul now lost amongst deep fallen snow
Blistered are the hearts of those that can't wait
Love swept away as the rustled leaves blow

I'll burst from the weight of so much woe
Felt in my bone's marrow the pain we create
Our Autumn has fallen and I must go

Must I be the reaper what I didn't sew?
Must dark skies shadow the lost and irate?
Love swept away as the rustled leaves blow

Simply some flowers planted just will not grow
The face of the clock gleems as we just wait
Our Autumn has fallen and I must go
Love swept away as the rustled leaves blow