A Poem For A Leaf Poem by RIC BASTASA

A Poem For A Leaf



for a tree which for years
has not known the vein
of a leaf

one night in a hundred
years
the shadow of a stalk
and the
maps of a midrib
and the
giggle of the guard
cell
can give it the hope
for flowers

as morning breaks
when the petiole gives up
with dignity
it falls
back to the embrace of
the burial
hands of the
earth

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RIC BASTASA

RIC BASTASA

Philippines
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