Leaf Among Leaves

Entombed between the pages
Of a tome,
A touch of leaf once green
Went flat and brown;

It bled its image into other leaves;
And time, which sheds all tales
Of pressing need,
Still kept its secret
Of a distant touch.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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