A blog of creative and thoughtful writing. Author information at bottom of page. NOW WITH PICTURES

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Watching Leaves


They say to watch the leaves and they will fall,
And as they fall the rake keeps them at bay;
But give it time—the darkness takes us all
And when it takes us away, they will say

It takes some time to wait through night all night,
And every day we wait, and wait, and hope,
And when we wake and hope we fight and fight,
And when we fight and lose, we learn to cope

With fragile dreams and count the leaves and watch
Leaves fall and fall, and cover dying grass
Which dies from frost, and fragile life is lost
To seasons, time, and love that love lost last.

No comments:

Post a Comment