Winter Leaves
by Donald Wayne Little

 
A sapling always comes to be
So great in size and full of life
Infinitely in the sunlight
To thrive as a luscious green tree
 
Yet when the winter dawn shall break
The home of birds shall start to leave
Dropping crisp flakes that dance and weave
A dead grey path their lives will take
 
Until an early summer morn
A brand new sapling tree is born

Donald Wayne Little is a high school junior. He is studying poetry in school and has written over twenty poems.