The leaf

Roll over, roll over, roll over,O ye leaf

You can't be green forever.

Fly away, fly away, fly away in the breeze

If you can't keep clinging together.

Look below, upon the grass blades

You can't shout while you fall

lest the blades get disturbed

from their dreamy pause.

Lie quiet and still on the ground in the dark

Shimmer with a share of dew at dawn

help an insignificant life cross the pond

If other leaves smirk, let them scorn.

You now lie apart from them

They, who were so indifferent

You now lie free and in peace

From the insensitive mortal acquaintance.

May you enjoy the company of your solitude

And some golden splashes of the past

May you have no desires, no gratitude

But just a content silence to last.