Another Leaf

Yet another leaf falls

Off this tree we have planted

To collect and lay spent

Among layers of leaves

That have fallen before it.

There have been butterflies

And bees, and birds – all full of life

There have been blooms

That scented these rooms

With sparkling glasses we sit watching

The glorious amber, it is setting.

Another leaf, another fall

Another shadow dances on the wall

We dream of kings, of queens of hearts

Of fiery dragons slain by knights

And when the sun rises in the east

Down, down, another leaf will fall.