The Leaf
The Leaf
Distracted from the thick volumes of anthologies
Filtered from some great minds,
I ventured out to see the sunrise
And en route stepped on a fresh green leaf
The leaf that rolled under my feet
Or defeated in the war of the wind?
The leaf fallen from a height,
The height of heaven:
As religion would have it;
Is the disillusioned human,
Fresh but fallen,
In the pitfall of lifeless suffering
Of lust, love and hatred,
Of lost battles and the destined death.
The leaf could either roll away,
Each time at the risk of death;
Or give up at the inexorable wind,
In conspiracy with the fortune wheel.
What is inevitable is the yellowing of the leaf
The shrinking of its shape,
The prominent wrinkles
And crushed!
Followed by a sharp crackle
Under my feet, the accidental pawn of destiny
But, are we the fallen leaf,
Encumbered by the dread of destruction?
Or, are we the tree,
Living till the fall of its leaves?
One by one,
Like the flipping pages of an anthology
Yet, gazing at the flap of the dawn crow
The fall of an old leaf
The warmth of the new day,
Calming the numbness of yesterday's death.
The answer is difficult..
But the candle is flickering
Wax wasting away
Decide before the flames smoulder...
Everything lost in smoke!