The Last Leaf

The last leaf Clinging to hopes of times past Summers warm breezes Humid days and cool nights Summer time recollections Rain or shine The last leaf Living on borrowed time The tree is barren The autumn wars have ended The winds of winter have won the battle All the leaves have fallen Dead to the ground Except for one soul left Standing guard alone and proud Sadness haunts his lonely soul This leaf has no where else to go He knows destiny is in the ground He valiantly holds to branches bare Clinging on to his despair Living on borrowed time White winds of winters death Slowly slaughter all that’s left The lonely leaf can cling no more Falling so softly along a rivers shore Where a single white rose splendidly sits Knowing soon its grave will be A winter’s snow drift The leaf falls upon the rose Entwined in natures dance of death They each shall kiss each others skin They hold hands bracing for winters winds They die together, both in irony So old and alone, they died in harmony