The Last Leaf

The lonely branches swayed and the icy wind howled, 
Darkness engulfed the night 

The trees, river landscape,
Forced to fade

All had been sent to a deep, dreamless slumber 

All but one leaf,
The last leaf 

For this leaf was in a mighty battle, 
A battle between a monstrous wind and its small, delicate self

How it longed to win and feel tomorrows breeze,
To finally rest among the empty trees

But with every wail of wind the leaf lost its hold, 
Until…

The battle ended, 
The last leaf fell, 
Winter has come.