Though autumn has taken from me all that I can offer

And though the days ahead will take all that I am.

Remember me for what I bore

Remember each word

as each is a blossom whose leaves will flower

each leaf a life, a life you can live in one hour.

Though my leaves have fallen

They shed for you

As you take them

We two shall become one

We never should grow too tall or old as I did.

For between us we have plenty of leaves

Leaves of lives to be lived.

We need not to look to the stars

For the stars will grow dim.

We need only live in the leaves

And look to the beyond living within.