Ode to the Last Leaf

ODE TO THE LAST LEAF
By: Yumie

You had come into this world
Unknown and unhurt
Alive with a beating of a young heart


Mind of the calm sea
Heart of a bountiful spring
That welcomes like a warm summer
Life of an autumn breeze


You have shared happiness to all
You had given light to a dark-endless horizon
No matter how things gets unfair
You never stopped to show how much you care


Still with a heart of a bountiful spring
That never gets tired of everything
You will rather suffer for other’s burden
You were like a calm sea that waves
The heart of an ocean


You had the chance to fly alone
Away from the world’s heartaches you could ever know
But here you are, standing still
Like a tree that rooted to the deepest earth


You had never left everyone
For everything
Your feet remained to the ground
As if your life is just beginning


Knowing that your fall
Will save the lives of all
With you as a warm summer
You heart remain unfold


This world has too much to ask
But it never gave you any single chance
Never had an eyes for the sufferings
You have done
Worst it was, now demands you to be gone


You had never been an ordinary living
For no one can ever do
The same as your sufferings
World has been cruel and blind for you
Faith is the only thing that can mend your wound


You had been so strong
As the lands of this earth
You had given love that warms like a hearth
You had been so unselfish like a stream
And even touched lives like the softness of a wind


A life like you is like a tree fall
In the midst of season, leaves were flying with the wind blow
But just like any other earth livings
You always have to let go of your last breathings
Just to give way for a new spell of snow
Farewell for such a beautiful life-
The Last Leaf of fall
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