Leaves

 

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Green veins and green stalk
Cling tightly to rusted bark;
For how long? No one knows.
The tree fears loss the most.
For every time the wind howls,
Or the parched soil growls,
Or the rain batters down,
Or seasons change around,
Some leaves change their colours,
Some leaves break away,
A few leaves shrivel and wither
Until no leaf is there to stay.
All seems lost and hope seems untrue
But things change, and they always do;
As leaves grow back and flowers bloom,
And nature finds its way to dispel gloom.

~Hussain