“leaf life”

Savina Villani

Staff Writer

 

i am a leaf

fallen

from my tree of life

a mere leaf

falling

a tiny little leaf life

floating

in the wind

God has set the world on fire

see how brightly the trees burn!

O God, set me on fire!

let my little leaf life

burn brightly too!

until all that remains

are fallen ashes—

tiny tiny specks

decayed, dry, disintegrated

and empty, naked branches

that shiver guiltily

in the wind

there is nothing

that speaks more profoundly

in the whispers of the world,

nothing

that flies more freely

in the wind,

than the refreshing scent

of death