Nearer is Farther

Two autumn leaves
On the verge of falling from two different trees
Hanging on the tip of comfort,One fell
The first autumn leaf went elsewhere
The other stayed
Until the first leaf was blown by the wind to the other
They held their gazes

Autumn leaves so unlike
The other held tight but the first one sticks with might
Until the other leaf fell, abruptly yet prepared
Until they were together gliding in the spring open

Two autumn leaves falling together
Until the first fallen angel twist on to the other side
The other was left lonely, yet sure of the other's return
The first leaf was blown back on its own accord and was then learnt

Learnt from the different rumbling noises of the clouds
The first leaf knew life without the other is not due
So it wished to come back
And back the other waited

They were together again falling in the same north and east winds
Until the south winds blew
The first fallen leaf shivered
The domicile it once knew's no more

The other left fallen wept in its companion's crest fall
It held the first leaf's hands
The last fallen leaf tried to give the other sunlight
While the other doesn't stop in his crying

The two leaves still are struggling
But the two, together are smiling
Crying
Laughing
and fearing
But they are content
For in whatever they do,
wherever the winds blow them
They have their trees, their waters and each other.