Yellow Autumn Leaves

by Loreen A. Nyambo
Like yellow autumn leaves,
Dangling on a dancing tree
As they watch summer leave,
I am on the tree of life,
Half dead, half alive,
Feeling fragile and kind of dry.

Like dry autumn leaves,
Clasping onto a raving tree,
I'm clutching onto the tree of life
With the grip of one hand,
Against violent winds
And slowly letting free.

Like yellow autumn leaves,
Those dry autumn leaves
Dangling on a dancing tree,
Dying as they watch summer leave…
I too, know my death is lingering
Somewhere in the upcoming winds.

 Loreen Nyambo (25) is a poet and short story writer ; his thematic interest is a confluence of love, the pursuit of happiness, existentialism and mortality. He was a runner-up winner in a short story competition run by African Book Club in 2014 and he also bagged the award of "Most Imaginative Short Story" in the Malawi Writers' Union (MAWU/FMB) Short Story Competition in the same year. He graduated from Chancellor College in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Humanities and he is currently studying for a Bachelor of Laws Degree (LLB Hons) from the same institution. 


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