Decaying leaves

Decaying leaves

The waves roll in,

Piling on leaf on leaf,

taking  some back,

adding others,

red, yellow, orange, pink, some green,

and the leaves,

they begin,

their slow, cold decay,

sinking to the depths,

of the frigid waters,

never to be seen of,

or heard of again.

Mukund Palat Rao

October 20, 2013