Story of a Leaf

The leaf that tumbled in the wind
knew not where its destiny lay,
for in its past a dream arose
one bright and sunny day.

When spring had just awoken
and the leaves were alive with dew,
a tree stretched out its arms
and said hello to the season anew.

As the leaves sprouted forth
and grew slowly as each day passed,
one little leaf watched the passing folk
as they walked briskly past.

It watched as their legs took them
to places it never could
and wished, oh wished that one day soon
it could escape from its neck of the wood.

Swaying ever so slowly,
the wind let it move at its pace
and gave the leaf a little hope
as it swayed on for countless days.

And when the leaf dreamt no longer
and slowly lost its faith,
one day the wind grew stronger
and from the tree, swept it away.

And so the leaf had finally
said goodbye to its home the tree,
letting the wind blow it slowly
it felt happy, excited and free.

For days on end it traveled far,
saw many people on the streets,
it traveled where the wind took it
and didn’t choose who it had to meet.

It told itself how lucky
its life had been so far,
how it escaped the tired fate
of simply watching from afar.

So days had passed and it went on
following the pace of the wind,
one day it soon grew weary,
losing its shimmer from within.

Without the tree it had no way
to get its green color back,
it soon lost strength and quietly hoped
it wouldn’t fade to black.

Sadly one day the wind grew strong
and pushed the leaf somewhere,
at first it saw the light of day,
then soon it couldn’t feel the air.

The leaf found out it had fallen
to a sewer down below,
without the people, the air, the tree,
it felt there was nowhere else it could go.

It tried to cry but couldn’t
as it lay there in the dark,
it tried to remember the good old days
when it still lived in the park.

Soon the leaf already felt and knew
he was slowly dying away,
away from home and family,
and away from the light of day.

“So goodbye leaf, goodbye”
it quietly said to itself,
and it crumpled away to dust
with nothing more left.

©2009

Psalm of Life

In this life that we live in We should live without regret
For sadness and depression
Is like a step closer to death

Through this road we have to walk through
One must hold his head high
Be proud and be confident
Don’t stop to question, “Why?”

When faced with problems
Don’t stop to think of giving up hope
Just keep going and believing in yourself
For God will give you strength to cope

Even when the world
Seems to turn against you
Just have the determination
You’re sure to make it through

After everything you’ve experienced
Don’t forget this one thing
Thank God for giving you comfort
Through all your trials and sufferings

©2005 

Trapped

No chains to hold me down The sky, no boundaries
The sea, limitless
I go where I please

The air
fresh and clean
The wind
it feels like freedom

The water
cool and clean
The waves
refreshing on the beach

I yearn for what
I cannot have
I dream of where
I cannot go

Freedom, aspiration
Hope and Desire
They mean nothing
because I am trapped

©2005