Wisdom of Fallen Dears
"Look, how they laugh on us,"
sadly said the falling yellow leaves.
'' The green leaves think they wont fall,
so they laugh on us old ones ."
The fallen old black
ones smiled,
consoled
the yellows gently ,
lovingly and wisely.
"Oh! when we were green
even we laughed.
Now we know
how foolish we were.
Then ,our ancestors
fallen dears,
had smiled and said,
"Children, don't laugh ,
this is the cycle of life ,
today we but tomorrow you''.
At that time we didn't understand
what they told would be true one day.
A soft breeze were making us dance.
Thought we would always be green young.
Never in our dreams did we think,
one day we would be fallen dears."
sadly said the falling yellow leaves.
'' The green leaves think they wont fall,
so they laugh on us old ones ."
The fallen old black
ones smiled,
consoled
the yellows gently ,
lovingly and wisely.
"Oh! when we were green
even we laughed.
Now we know
how foolish we were.
Then ,our ancestors
fallen dears,
had smiled and said,
"Children, don't laugh ,
this is the cycle of life ,
today we but tomorrow you''.
At that time we didn't understand
what they told would be true one day.
A soft breeze were making us dance.
Thought we would always be green young.
Never in our dreams did we think,
one day we would be fallen dears."
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17 comments:
Oh this is just beautiful Rashmi.
I adore the notion of our ancestors laughing on us with autumn leaves. Beautiful imagery.
I like the tale autumn has to teach us. Lovely Magpie. A Paradise of Spring
great metaphor.
Beautiful poem :)
smart metaphor.
Fantastic metaphor and so very true.
wow! A great teaching of the cycles.
Amazing writing.
Oh I like this... expressions of the leaves and their take on the life cycle down through the centuries.
Wonderfully done!
How true...fallen dears...let us be joyful while still green...blessings..bkm
This is soooooo true... just keep living & u will c.
Really a touching one..... Universal truth...
Beautifully narrated.
Such wisdom,such truth...truly lovely! :-)
Original, this Magpie, never thought of leaves as ancestors, but I can picture it quite well. Wisdom learned from our elders, the fallen...thanks for sharing your words in this poem, so well.
Rashmi, this is wonderful.
The wisdom of leaves :)
Lovely metaphor for life. Well crafted!
oh there is deep wisdom about life in this one...nice magpie!
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