It grew up in a world of lies
Where are your kind words ?
It breathed in poison, tainted sky
Why do you push it away ?
It slept under many restless moons
Is this all there is ?
It died all shriveled, lost, and confused
Sleepy leaves
Bled black and blue
The hot grew cold
The autumn rains
bereft of joy
had come
They littered the ground
like shattered glass
preyed upon the living
piercing their feet
Questions,
of broken fantasy
held high
abjured the tears
still lost,
never found
It rends,
forgotten beneath the hidden
A quiet storm,
until the rebirth begins
This aura,
it fills the lungs well
The viridity of youth
rushes in so hastily
A credulous heart
devoid of zeal
gone too soon
all too real
Like the dust on the road
it blew away
an unsullied leaf,
Left before the tree
Where are your kind words ?
It breathed in poison, tainted sky
Why do you push it away ?
It slept under many restless moons
Is this all there is ?
It died all shriveled, lost, and confused
Sleepy leaves
Bled black and blue
The hot grew cold
The autumn rains
bereft of joy
had come
They littered the ground
like shattered glass
preyed upon the living
piercing their feet
Questions,
of broken fantasy
held high
abjured the tears
still lost,
never found
It rends,
forgotten beneath the hidden
A quiet storm,
until the rebirth begins
This aura,
it fills the lungs well
The viridity of youth
rushes in so hastily
A credulous heart
devoid of zeal
gone too soon
all too real
Like the dust on the road
it blew away
an unsullied leaf,
Left before the tree
