This is for wondxrous 's contest, where the theme was change.

The earth is turning
And clocks are ticking
And we are constantly swept up
In this thing called change.

The splatters of orange
That dot the leaves of fall

The wings of a Monarch
First stretching up to the sun

The thumping of two heartbeats
As one soul meets another

Things will never
Be quite the same.

It is up to us
If we stretch our wings
And embrace the new world
Or cower in the unchanging past.

The daunting,
changing world outside-
It's time we face it head on.