The Yellow Leaf..

Dusk falls and so do noises..
yet the yellow leaf,
hangs on to the cliff;
the twig of the broad bough.

The fall would mark the last
from a life saver to trash
photosynthesis to pedestals
life changes colours...

With a free fall life alters
yet the colour shines in glory,
yellow seems darker than green
old age is full of delight.

Some  say this yellow leaf
led Great Buddha to enlightenment,
yet the gardener scrunches nose
in disgust and torpidity.

The yellow leaf lands now
at the feet of  the pedestal,
which reads ''Smt.Indira Gandhi''.
The leaf now clings to
the muddy patch of pedestal stone.

Clinging on to sapling,peduncles,
florets,flowers and tree,
the journey has been wearisome.
The black patches evident
of failed nutrition and proper care.

When the sun has set past horizon
now the night has taken control.
The yellow leaf awaits for final
journey with the cool breeze flowing.

The journey of the fallen
yellow leaf doesn't stop here,
because it has  to travel now into
darkness of ruminant tract;
at far to nearer
a famished cow is approaching.