The Last Leaf

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We have a poor little leaf that is stuck ontop of a tree, on the top branch, it's been braving the already harsh cold winds of the coming winter. I was slightly inspired by this apparently.

The Last Leaf

High up there,
Braving the winds,
And the hard
Pelting rain,
Clinging on,
Just to have
That one more chance
To shine,
In the sun,
Gone so far
As to change yourself,
High up on that
Precipice,
Hanging on with
The last traces
Of a long since
Gone strength
That not many know,
An example for species
Of all kinds,
Not many
Have the will to
Remain standing
Against all the
Attempts to make
You fall,
Those who stand
For nothing,
Fall for anything
A lesson not
Quite getting through
To the younger
Generations
A lesson will live on
Through that
Last leaf.
~Kaitlin Platti~

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StandingBear commented on The Last Leaf

03-04-2010

An absolutely beautiful work you've written so well .. all from the inspiration of the last leaf. Great!

Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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