A memoir

leaf challenge

A verdant melody, this memoir

twirling, uncurling with a spurt of life

embellishing the sturdy bark

expanding, forms a canopy

dousing in lovely hues

takes a whiff, breathes in deep

basking in sun

expels outcome

for beasts

for free.

Adorning the bright and glorious blooms

grooming, nurturing, babes in mothers' arms.

entity taken for granted

till few wisps of brown streak it through;

trees dressed in new delight

as autumn rocks by;

stems bade adieu

wintered

with snow.

A rhythmic cycle, this nature's beauty

starts again, new souls breathed in.

Waking after a winter's daze

streches, covers all modestly

welcomes whistling winds

dancing in victory.

Journey begins

yet again for

luscious

old-growth.

Reviews

[Rene Salinas]

I knew someone would come up with that comment with respect to your writing Sindu! You are not alone there. writing has so many fractions and so many sub - divisions that some wer the styles as a cape. So it was innevitable that some would have used to word "verbose" when describing your writing. At least here in England I can statistically say that in comparision to times gone by the statistical numbers say that English words have decrease 35% in usage. They have also added more words mainly because of the american counterpart. Here is were I disagree with such comments. Your description here is not only about the physicality of the leaf, the environment , the season you made a leap towards its relationship to us the beings that pound on them.

Verbose? I don't see one word here which I would describe as one too many. Does it show your interest and respect for the English language? At least the british side of it I would say : Yes indeed it does.

Very beautyful!

Thankyou (Shukriaa)

[Sindu]

Aap keliye bhi shukriya ( Thanks to you as well) Rene! That means a lot. Yes, I want to use the words which are being tossed away despite their beauty. It doesn't matter, the comment; he did not mean any harm. An honest opinion, that's it.
I do agree, the langueage widely varies between the two countries. I would love to be there but the laws are too stringent :/
Thanks again.

[Sindu]

Above all, the relationship is drastically important, no? :)

[realmwriter]

I love it. Very colorful and very soulful take on the leaf. I felt lifted after reading this. Great job. Thank you for sharing it.

[Sindu]

Thank you realm :)

[realmwriter]

You are welcome.

[Surya pradha]

like the fact that each line has less words than the previous one, it makes it look good. another beautiful piece, you should write a poetry book!

[Sindu]

Thank you so much Surya :)) I wanted to try this.. don't know if it has a name though
Haha, thanks but I think I'm too much of an amatuer to have a book :)

[Stonz P.]

I got confused in between but got back to the meaning.. the poem indeed is vastly verbose..
nicely penned!

[Sindu]

How come? Thanks a lot Stonz! I tried to shake some webs of my vocab

[MomzillaNC]

All the phases of the life of a leaf encapsulated here.

NOTES: "stury?" Did you mean "sturdy?"
[grooming], nurturing, babes in mothers' arms.

[Sindu]

Thanks Momzi! Typos crept in.. Will correct them :)

[MomzillaNC]

You're welcome.