Herbert Nehrlich Leaves Poems

Now the silence descends
like the Lady of Darkness.
Yet his eyes remain wide,
both remaining behind.
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A thousand leaves had fallen
the day he chose to go,
so many thoughtful colours
perched on a drift of snow.
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All the leaves have fallen down
Fallen feathers fill the ground.
All the grass is bent and crushed
From the lovers rolling 'round.
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I called them teardrops, knowing well
that they would dropp without a thought
on tablecloths and counters and on me.
Boys do not cry she'd say, one must be strong,
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