Picking up the single leaf
i'd watched fall to my feet
I looked from its perfect form
to the enormous tree before me.
Just this one leaf had fallen
and I wondered in that moment of awe
was this leaf a single token, a plea.
So noble and majestic a form before me,
reliant on the natural resources around her.
Resources which my kind
were corrupting and abusing.
Was this indeed a plea or my inner sense
of guilt that i had done nothing other than
offer a passive support to the protection
of our environment and all creation who rely
upon the natural resources unspoilt by humankind.
Would this single leaf shed be my watershed moment?
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dusk arising (
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A question which every lover of nature is asking in these troubled times my friend - your words will stay as fresh as that one single leaf in this reader's mind as needed reminders and thank you for posting your wording on forest pleas for action from negligent and greedy humanity.
Good write dusk.
Can ya glue it back on the tree?! If ya wants to.
So true d a, that falling leaf could be a new door opening on your life.
Andy
what a body blow of a last line Dusk!
utilised with practised skill, to emphasis the message in your words:
such a leaf of potential enlightenment
to the harm our actions can have
is waiting for us all - to realise
in the abundance of Nature
we far too easily, disregard..
an important write! worded so accessibly relatable
I like your poems . This was nicely expressed . I think more people need to care for nature and the environment
... Been there, done that and also asked the same question ..
... I really like the way you paved the way for the asking of it sir ..
... Neville
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