Friday, December 30, 2022

Falling leaves

 
Falling leaves 

on grass, and pines, and needles 

leave 

traces of benign regret, 

astonishment 

weighs on past and present ... 


Leave this bay, 

this harbor of safety 

behind in a cloud, 

a mist of remembrance 

- forgetting is clouded 

and long since done; - 


In my forest of silent pine trees 

(the) giant trunks frame my path 

needles 

keep raining on my face, ... 


Will you remember me, 

who never beheld me? 


Will you 

who never beheld me 

remember my name? - 


Under a clouded sky, 

on a sunless day 

rain is rolling in 

from the ocean ... 

I savor the first drop. 

Will you hold my hand 

and commemorate the future? 


Life shifts 

under my straying feet. 

The sky is clouded 

and the sun has set. 

In the darkness of the night 

leaves keep falling on ... - 


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12.12.17 Lilly Y L


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