leaf requiem

The last leaf falls,
Finally to its Requiem,
Hymns bringing it to blessed land,
To green earth of home,
Finally as time draws on,
Inconsistent to payer-watch,
And a lake of sorrow.

To a man from tomorrow,
A song appears desolate,
Finally to earth rest,
As you fall today.

Martin Gaughan
Revised 1/4/09 (1994)