A Leaf Poem by Prabir Gayen

-A leaf -
A leaf lopped from it's limb years ago, moved!
From forest to forest did it ramble,
Witnessing without witness without mind.
Detruncated from it's anchoring source,
On light wings of air it swayed to and fro.
Without food without wish it Squandered Away,
Long years in wooddid it spend mordant hour.
A leaf from an unknown tree severed,
In sun and shower and in gloom and glee,
It underwent season's incessant blows,
no feeling and relishing no taste of life.
A leaf trimmed from it's argil, reeling futile.