Leaves

[Kami]

Sitting in the courtyard,
A leaf falls to the ground.
It tumbes from the greatest heights,
But never makes a sound.

I never understood that.
Why a tree would shed it's leaves.
Golden brown and chestnut red,
Falling gracely from it's leash.

I sat there, quietly thinking.
When in the spring, they'd grow again.
Life is lost and given back,
I wonder - are we all the same?

When a life is lost to us,
Will it come back to us again?
A fresh start for the gentle leaves,
But to only fall again.

Is the cycle pointless?
We're a disposable set of tools.
Nature dictates who dies and lives,
Why is the universe so cruel?

It builds up a life you love,
And takes it away so easily too.
It's the ultimate judgement, good or bad,
And it's what we must all go through.

The tree is like the world I know,
The leaves the people I see.
And yes, one day, I will die too,
To fall... and be set free.

(Copyright David Kamikaze 2004)

[John Barnett]

David, welcome to Poet Club, this is very good, I really liked it a lot.

[X x K e l Z x X]

Yes, welcome David, great write.

[amberputis]

This was crazy good...i loved how you took the time to take something simple and put such deep thought into it (the tree), sounds a lot like what I do at times...well, hope to read more soon!! again, nice job