Washed away ashore, a leaf fallen from a dying tree in an abandoned forest,
It had dreamt of becoming a flower one day, dreamt of a blissful paradise.
It had seen a million storms , was bitten by the sharpest teeth, was drenched in soul drenching rain,
It held on , in the hope for the sun . held on in the hope for serenity
The sun came , and the leaf smiled like it had never before smiled and spread out to reach the warmth,
It embraced the horizons and the dream in his serene eyes was now beginning to breath.
Fate had a different story to tell, the leaf in his ardor and hunger broke away from his roots and fell.
Fell and his entire life was now slipping away into oblivion. Darkness was engulfing his existence and he fell.
The air kissed his soft dreamy eyes and softly lay him in the lap of the river ,which like a mother stroke his head and sang him to sleep
In his sleep the river washed him and purified him for his journey as now he was to be reborn.
The sand picked up the leaf. Waited till every dream of freedom had melted away and every hope had been erased.
Lifeless it lay on the sand, watched by the universe, the air , water, wind …
Boulevard of shattered hopes and dreams,
The sand slowly dissolved the leaf into its world , with a promise of a rebirth .
The promise that is never broken ..never forgotton
Another leaf is born on the dying tree….. another dream creeps into opening eyes
Only to be washed away to the shore again …..a promise always kept
