I Saw A Leaf Fall

Drifting, floating down
Last leaf of the fall descends
To join her sisters

How strange I should dream
Of dead leaves and winter come
In this summer heat

Not of monsoon rains
From southern seas far, so blue

Drifting, floating down
For the longest time, I watched
The last leaf falling

Now bare branches stab
At the blue sky, like fingers
Angry, accusing

Aggrieved from their fate
Their nakedness, winter's cold

Drifting, floating down
I watched the last leaf falling
Graceful, slow descent

Then came a cold wind
Rustling as the dead leaves danced
In the autumn breeze

I lost sight of her
As she danced with her sisters

Drifting, floating down
Witness was I of the last leaf
And her silent fall

Though 'twas just a dream
It brought teardrops to my eyes
Lonely in her fall

That joyous reunion
That dance, in death, full of life

I saw a leaf fall
In a dream last night

Reviews

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. vivid and poignant ... plays like a song ...
. i await my fall eagerly ... i hope it'll be graceful ...