ANDY WILLIAMS - AUTUMN LEAVES

Autumn Leaves.

It is the season which marks the passing of summer. Although I love walking through the woods, picking leaves, dropped acorns and fir cones as part of the ritual of 'harvesting', not to mention the rustling and crunching of fallen leaves, I often begin to think of times gone by...

There is a poignancy this time round as one of my friends has just lost her very young son who was her joy and hope. I have only met him once in the shop, arranging for flowers to be sent to his parents on their wedding anniversary two or three years ago. The care he took in deciphering the message was touching as he thought about every single word and of course the flowers were picked according to my friend's preferred colours.

To hear that he was gone through a kind friend of his parents, while sending flowers of condolence, was heartbreaking and simultaneously shocking...

I could feel their pain and loss when I saw my friend's face as I brought the flowers. It was beyond imagination and we were both lost for words. There simply was not a word to be said.

Therefore, I shall dedicate this song to her and hope it will be of some comfort whenever we walk the woods again, gathering thoughts and admiring the changing hues of the beautiful although melancholic autumn...