Diana Darby ** "I V" ** Intravenous

Kaleidoscopic

Today must be the most glorious fall day
God ever gave us.
It is seventy-five degrees
and the woods look Kaleidoscopic.
If I did LSD,
I’d swear I had just taken it.
The reds and oranges are blinding,
like every tree were on fire.
I want to run through the leaves.
Hear the crunch of fall under my feet
and pretend this day will never end.
I want every leaf to stay
exactly where it is now,
to hold on,
and refuse to give in
to winter.