Autumn

 

                                                       A poem inspired by a leaf.                                                                       

                                                                                                                                                           I saw this leaf on my 

                           evening walk, it was so beautiful.

The Autumn came silently, 

Creeping into summer,

However, the grandiose display of the leaves broke its pretence,

The imminent beauty of the leaves,

The patterns of symmetry by lysis of chloroplasts,

Death but beautiful decay,

Autumn tries to come silently,

As summer lasts,

But its beauty gives it away,

It cannot hide away from the forthcoming contrast,

It cannot retreat into summer’s shallow shadows,

Slowly it spirals down like leaves from dry branches,

And leaves will have announced it's arrival as the wind rose.

-Vidhi Dasani