SONG OF A LEAF: Reflections on the Cycles of Time

    From the tree of existence
    we emerge
    scarcely aware
    of the many roots
    below our surface.

    To the ground of non-being
    we converge
    largely unaware
    of our impact on kindred leaves.

    For a brief season
    of vibrancy & green
    can we enjoy the illusion
    of beauty & peace?


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from _Last Poems: Lost Poems_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY: A pictoral poem about the wheel of time, life, and death.
KEYWORDS: 　time cycles, seasonal existence, cyclic existence, saṃsāra

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - )
Begun: 2007 in Shizuoka, Japan ✠ Finished: 2022 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}}  

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ESPAÑOL:  https://www.tnewfields.info/es/hoja.htm
NIHONGO:  https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/happa.htm
ZHŌNGWÉN: https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/yezi.htm