Date: 5/3/24

Written by: Safia Valika

Age:16

Leaves blowing forcefully

Away from their only home

Down to an unpleasant pile

Ready to be tossed away

As they seize from the perfect green

To an ugly brown

Pleading for the absent water

As they begin to weaken

From the warm and blue skies

To the cold and windy gray

As the flowers so prevalent in spring

Now falter and die down

Your painting is a world

Where the cold wind is a peaceful breeze

That carries each leaf to its own space

That brings back their power and strength

Making their brown color be beautiful

Where the bare branch still stands

Through the wind’s yearn for its leaves

Through each leaf’s goodbye

Maintaining its beauty and shape

Where new flowers begin to bloom

Where shades of yellow cast above

Where beauty is present

In the season full of sad goodbyes

Footnote: This is based off of the painting you made during winter break of 2023-24!!

Remember the beautiful leaves and bra