Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Sanguinary

A single crimson leaf
is lying on the ground
so vibrant yet so dead

its redness is profound
as though the summer bled
because it's way too brief

too soon for trees to shed
and shake their limbs in grief
as wailing winds resound.

2 comments:

António Eduardo Lico said...

Beautiful poem

rch said...

Many thanks Antonio!