Evanesce (revised)

by Illuminara

Posted to Poetry on 2002-07-13 09:59:00

“The things of nature are born and fade away in the rhythm of the seasons.” —haiku poet and Buddhist monk, Kenneth Yasuda





Our hearts hold less
than those things allowed malfeasence,
they evanesce
as falling leaves requite no grievance,
ettled earth and marrowed man:
the sympathies of seasons.