Life begins and ends
Side by side its branches bend
As twilight descends

Whisperings of trees
Reaching for eternity
Destiny makes leaves

Light dances and flows
Designing in the shadows
While winter wind blows

Alone in the night
Waiting for the dawn of light
To burst into flight

Through a shadowed maze
Forgotten footsteps of days
Lost in winter’s haze

Leaves rustling their worth
Autumn’s sleep and spring’s rebirth
Carpeting the earth

© 2006 JVD