Her soul flutters like a leaf in the wind <br /> <br />Clinging on to tree of life <br /> <br />With nothing more than hope <br /> <br />Devoid of pretense <br /> <br />Shorn of desires <br /> <br />Tossed about, at the whim of a gathering storm <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Dark cold has slowed the sap <br /> <br />But deep inside, life fights to surge through <br /> <br />Longing for the next sunny day <br /> <br />When the sap will ease through fluid pathways <br /> <br />Until then, her soul flutters like a leaf in the wind <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />On a high branch she clings alone <br /> <br />While the other leaves huddle <br /> <br />Warm in their numbers <br /> <br />Sheltered in low branches <br /> <br />Wondering how she has lasted so long <br /> <br />While her soul flutters like a leaf in the wind <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />When the storm blows harder, <br /> <br />She sometimes feels close to giving up <br /> <br />And sinking quietly to the ground below <br /> <br />Returning to dust, from where she arose <br /> <br />But something in her refuses to let go <br /> <br />While her soul flutters like a leaf in the wind <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />So come wind, come storm, <br /> <br />Blow as you might <br /> <br />She will cling on to the tree of life <br /> <br />This lone leaf will fight.<br /><br />Anita Atina<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/like-a-leaf-in-the-wind/
