The Foliage of Love

Does a tree fall in love?
with trusty roots below, cozy canopy above;
or with a strong-willed upright stem
with delicate branches, leaves hanging on them!

Does a tree then cry or reminisce?
for the leaves it watched grow with such fondness;
when, in Autumn, they shrivel and wilt, so ill-fed
and finally fall into the breeze, golden; but dead!

Does love, a child's corpse, make
a manure, for parent's sake?
vitalizing the tree, the fallen leaf
longing inside, hopeful in grief!

Is it love then, that reincarnates?
in a dazzle of bright tints and turning fates
happy little leaves back on the boughs in spring
An ode to love, in the winds, do dancing trees then sing?



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