Autumn Leaves Poem by Rajesh Thankappan

When I see the autumn leaves plucked
And my drooping friends drop one by one
I too would love to be sucked – Into
That unknown voyage from where they have never returned.


When I view my senile infirmities
I rejoice that the time is not too far away
For this fledgling bird to leave the fields of gravity
And soar into the freedom of unknown heights.


I would surely like to perch on the branches
Where my friends have long sought shelter
And tweet songs that we once sung on our ranches
Once again, once again- A merry strain.