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WITHERING LEAF (Crest Fallen)

How soft and tender you are:

Where were you thus far?

Could no one like to feel?

Thy evergreen velvety feel.

You were scared I was told;

To come out of the womb that conceived;

Did no one tell you?

That winter’s gone!

How do you know that spring has come?

‘Coz, your attire is evergreen bright;

How long will you stay with me?

To share the greenness of this world.

It’s summer’s time to keep you warm,

But its sweltering heat that turns and harms;

I could see thy evergreen face,

That pales and fades into autumn’s hand.

Withering breeze that sweeps across;

Doesn’t it like you stay for long?

Oh! You evergreen face of young!

Thou has fallen from thy crest!

Thy fall I would take;

Is my fall I suppose;

Let no man change

Thy nature’s norms!