The Red Leaf

The light shone at the bright red leaf
That sat in the middle of the room late at night.
Without sense or reason

Nobody knows where it came from
Nobody understands,
Sometimes I just don’t know what to do.
The leaf was as bright as copper in the blazing sun.

This was my second red leaf
Wonderful things pass by me
I wondered what it was
I told everyone
They didn’t understand
The world was a deaf machine

Darkness overcomes me

Poet's Note

Frazer acknowledges ‘The Red Tree’ by Shaun Tan as the source material as it was taught in school lessons.

Line 3 ‘without sense or reason’ is a direct copy from the original poem
Line 5 ‘Nobody understands’ is a direct copy from the original poem
Line 9 ‘Wonderful things pass by me’ is a variation from the original poem line of ‘wonderful things
are passing you by’
Line 12 ‘The world is a deaf machine’ is a direct copy from the original poem
Line 13 ‘Darkness overcomes me’ is a variation from the original poem line of ‘darkness overs you’