The Leaf Devoured
Water droplets magnify
the verdant veins
through which
the life giving blood flows
through which
the life giving source
that keeps
giving life
keeps
life going
despite the wear and tear
of an alien attack
by a catapulting caterpiller
that offers another creature
a world within world
in which to live.
Despite
bitten tears,
bitter tears,
the leaf will live green
through the summer
and then shrivel to crimson,
life blood draining
and it will cry no more
as it drops dead
from the branch
where it lived
for a few short months.
…And it will transform into other forms. All things are subject to change and nothing is ever gone, it changes into something else; like soil, with the leaf…
June 15, 2013 at 2:34 AM
Yes, thanks, Genie. I should have thought of that– would have been a nice segue.
June 15, 2013 at 2:38 AM
What poetic descriptions of the Circle of life.
Yisraela
June 15, 2013 at 3:25 AM
Thank you, Yisraela!
June 16, 2013 at 6:47 PM
love the catapulting caterpillar
June 15, 2013 at 8:57 AM
Thank you, dear Paul. Wrote the whole poem in the middle of the night so forgot that line totally– had to reread the next day.
June 16, 2013 at 6:49 PM
Beautiful! Love your work! 🙂
June 15, 2013 at 11:43 AM
Thank you so much for reading my post and commenting– means so much!
June 16, 2013 at 6:42 PM
You’re welcome! 😀
June 17, 2013 at 5:14 AM
I love this one Ellen, so beautiful!
June 23, 2013 at 6:06 PM
Thank you, Stina. You are in my prayers. xx ellen
June 25, 2013 at 3:28 PM
Beautiful and poignant allegory, Ellen.
Blessings ~ Wendy
June 25, 2013 at 9:50 PM
Thanks so much, Wendy, for your kind words. Blessings to you as well, Ellen
June 26, 2013 at 12:12 AM