As long summer days
make us believe
that life can last forever
Falls bring change
and cool reminders
of the movement of time
pushing us on as we
swim against it
unwilling to grow
one year older
we live in movement
in the minute by minute rhythm
of the great order of things
fall brings change
and we are surprised
by the colors of life dying
we marvel and awe
forgetting that we too
will finish and fall
chant now, and chant well
so that when our time is up
we can fall upward, into grace
and move away from this world
that keeps us bound by time
and turning in endless samsara
Let fall bring change, real change
and let us be ready like the leaves
to float away on the winds of kirtan
open, ready and trusting the journey
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