December 31, 2018

older/new "No Leaf Don't Die"



“No Leaf Don’t Die”

cji
12/31/18/1965

No leaf don’t die
falling to the ground
gently striking the Earth
your mission not done;

Your texture soft & warm
like the skin covering the hand
with blood flowing through
velvet and warming earth;

Is this your end come
while still alive to be
to die unfought as yet
unchallenged to survive;

The hand grasps for life
but as hit many times
will break and shatter
regenerating once more;

You also fall apart soon
as your fibers separate
as slivers seeking the soil
embracing life’s strength;

Your texture once soft
like skin in death
now starts to harden
being a leaf no more!

Copyright © 2018 – cji


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