Last Leaf

Song of the Day: Afterwards by Danielle Ate the Sandwich

Quivering on the edge

between uncertainty and predictability

it lies.

Unnoticed by some,

a small tribute to the beauty of life.

Time changed.

What had once been glory was now ugliness

Hidden from the eyes of the ignorant

and hope was lost

like the final seal of an envelope

like the resounding slam of the door

like the forgotten memories.

And it perches almost eagerly

ready to fall

ready to let go

ready to leave this beauty behind

And it was just a question of when.

It was quivering, swaying, rocking

The pressure and the weight of it all

finally pulled on by that

little invisible thread

It broke off.

Almost peacefully, beautifully.

So full of this precious aura

circumferencing its edges

And the fall,

oh the fall!

How glorious was that feeling,

that feeling of invincibility

How ironic.

And in that moment of in-between

after breaking, but before loss,

it sighed.




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