<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">True Colors</span></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">“Nature’s first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold.”</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">~ Robert Frost</span><br></span><br><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">As trees prepare for winter</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> fall colors pour </span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> into my eyes</span><br><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Lush true colors </span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> long hidden under green</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> call to my soul</span><br><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Soft voices of colors </span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> blown on the wind say</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> “Remember me, I’ll soon be gone.”</span><br><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">As I approach my own certain winter</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> what colors long hidden</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> will I reveal </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Can I be like the leaves</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> radiantly shine for a time</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> then quietly fall away</span><br><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Why not</span><br><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> - </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Doug von Koss </span></div></body></html>