By the time the first leaf fell in autumn

By: Amoureax Amant

By the time the first leaf fell in autumn,

fall leaves like oils yellowed topaz mountain,

as everything like leaves faded colors,

like paintbrush painted mountain as pictures.

By the time gentle wind sailed through fountain,

fall leaves fluttered down ground and formed curtain,

as gentle wind passed through with aromas,

from where contained the sea of osmanthus.

By the time laurel tree filled with blossom,

pearl moon sprinkled moonlight in silent dome,

whose moonlight poured like water, like snowflake,

through darkness toward shimmering green lake.

In white moonlight, fall leaves fell on shoreside,

drifting like drifting thoughts deep down inside.