I feel like a leaf in Autumn borne along by flooded rill <br />Running down the silent valley down along the moonlit hill <br />Down to join the flooded river towards it's final destiny <br />To it's deep grave in salt water in the bosom of the sea. <br /> <br />I felt like that leaf in Springtime on it's lovely mother tree <br />With it's brothers and it's sisters one big happy family <br />A bright green leaf in a green World dancing in the wind and rain <br />Give me back what's gone forever give me back my youth again. <br /> <br />I felt like that leaf in Summer when the sun shone in the sky <br />And the world was full of colour and wild songbirds piped for joy <br />And bright wildflowers in green meadow fit home for fair butterfly <br />Oh but all that's young and beautiful has one day got to die. <br /> <br />I feel like a leaf in Autumn borne along by flooded stream <br />Running down the moonlit valley that was once so very green <br />Down to join the flooded river towards it's final destiny <br />To be gone and lost forever in the bosom of the sea.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-feel-like-a-leaf-in-autumn/
