Leaf and the Feather

On the footpath they both met

They wish they had met before
Both had met with a tragic fall
Their egos had taken a toll

One had seen tremendous heights
The other had withstood mighty storms
Both had followed all the rules
They had wanted to break all norms

One had travelled almost everyday
Had seen the world from above
The other's maiden trip was today
having spent all the time looking above

So the leaf asked the feather
Do you miss all your brothers
Well yes said he,
but this fall has taught me
The other side of being free

The feather asked the leaf
Was it great to be a team
which gave us fresh air?
O! exclaimed, she,
I did not know our synthesis
meant so much to thee

But this fall has taught me
The trunk, the branch
were not chains
But nurturers for my sisters and me
Now I am drying and turning brittle
Alas I have seen the world so little

The feather consoled
You did not miss much
The world is messed up as such
People polluting
what they breathe
and what they drink
Garbage piled up to the sky
That every where you go there is a stink

Friends for life
They decided to stay together
But a gust of wind began to unfurl!
Luckily they flew
into the arms of a little girl
Who preserved them both
In the folds of a book
To be immortalised
Now and forever

(Written by Jibrael Jos )