The Fall
Amidst a thousand trees
On one among a hundred boughs
Hidden within a score of leaves
A withered old leaf took leave
Plunged down to the depths
Of the world unknown
As the other leaves looked on
In sadness and fear
Found itself in the warm embrace
Of a priceless book
While a young girl exclaimed
"Look mom, the first leaf of fall!"
Amidst a thousand trees
On one among a hundred boughs
Hidden within a score of leaves
A withered old leaf took leave
Plunged down to the depths
Of the world unknown
As the other leaves looked on
In sadness and fear
Found itself in the warm embrace
Of a priceless book
While a young girl exclaimed
"Look mom, the first leaf of fall!"
