Deva De Silva - * A Maple Leaf

An autumn maple leaf
Red, orange, and yellow streaked
Half emerged in grey waters
Enclosed in mossy green

Tell-telling of living beings
Flourishing deep underneath
Air bubbles peaking atop
Rupture in greeting

The force of their journey
Rippling in flawless rings
Shoot fireworks around the leaf
Yet, being mindful of its peace

The sky reflects on grey waters
Pebbled basin echoes in green
Surrounded by bronze pennies
Glowing in the sun beam

An old bark of a tree
Floats hovering within reach
Ferns shooting from it straining
To caress the maple leaf

Rest in peace
Weary maple leaf
In a wishing well
Filled with human dreams!

Deva De Silva

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