The tree leaves are teaching
a message of being.
They are bare, then budding,
then growing, then falling.
To this ninety year old
its language was calling.
Writing his life story;
his youthful escapades,
service to his country,
and the women he loved,
even bearing him children.
But it's when he retired
and traveled the world that
left him so inspired
to share his message that
the tree leaves are teaching
a message of being.
They are bare, then budding.
then growing, then falling.
When growing, flowering
and not until the end
of their awesome colors
that they will be falling.
Then they lay on the earth
being fertilizer
for those now sprouting.
Leaving behind teachings,
accumulated knowledge.