Autumn Leaves...

Dear Friends,

today I went on a bike ride in the woods with my family. The rain had just finished and had colored the forest in soft brightness.....the tree trunks almost black and the remaining leaves shining in red, green, brown and yellow!

Have a look!

I am a leaf on a tree

watching the sea as it washes toward the pebbled sand.

I grew up in spring lovely and green,

young and innocent.

I felt the warm rising power of the sun

And I experienced her passionate heat in summer.

Thirsty and burned I waited for the cold of night.

Now I am old.

I saw many people come and go

Children play

Heard the birds and the wind sing

Singing me to sleep…

Now I am old.

My days will soon be over

And I will drop down onto the shore.

I might get lucky

and the strong winter wind will blow me away

into the sea to find my final peace.

Next year my children will come

And see and hear what I once saw. 

                                                 - Anie Baum -

                                                        (Cyprus 27.10.2006)