White Petals Fall

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Embers bold in fire glow
The wood grows tired in the coal
The light goes out and turns to smoke
The wind to carry it thither

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White petals fall from holy trees
Come forth from ashen greenery
Fall fresh across the scenery
And christen dead land with spring

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A sprouting stump though cut before
Reaches green to heaven’s shore
Offering the fruit it bore
Receiving sun and water

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Leaves then old like fire grow
The wind to carry thither
Red leaves fall from holy trees
And sleeps hinterland in winter