Translucence

Barely a leaf

to warm the morning

on this very 

wintry dawning.

 

And rarely a morning

to cheer your heart

in this way

where you now start. 

So unusually

do we see

the depleted leaves

 clinging onto stalks

as Winter-sweet blooms

pale against the sky,

softly fragrant

reaching high.

 

And all around

is waiting for

the all-spice scent

to call you over

where all above 

will welcome you,

as this sweet tree

calls to me.

 

So let life be

 like a fragile leaf

and let all fall 

onto the ground 

as you rise above

all around

while

 golden flowers

 shine 

to the higher light.

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