<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=484183" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Banaba Leaf</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">this banaba leaf falls from its branch<br>a child gathers it <br>and hands it to me<br>and i keep it <br>on top of my study</div><div style="margin:10px 0">each day i look at it<br>like it is something so different<br>from the rest of the leaves</div><div style="margin:10px 0">time shrinks it<br>time browns it<br>until its cells begin<br>to show its veins</div><div style="margin:10px 0">until it turns to thread<br>crumpled pieces<br>until it turns to dust<br>until it becomes like the sands<br>of the shore</div><div style="margin:10px 0">nothing lasts<br>in such a short time<br>the leaf returns to ash</div><div style="margin:10px 0">on its last day <br>i gather what remains are there<br>on my palm</div><div style="margin:10px 0">outside i sprinkle the leaf that<br>returns to dust<br>to air back to the empty space<br>back to the nothingness<br>our place of final destination</div><div style="margin:10px 0">the world is hungry for this<br>dusts and sands<br>death to everything living</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ric+S.+Bastasa">Ric S. Bastasa</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=484183" data-title="A Banaba Leaf de Ric S. Bastasa" data-description="this banaba leaf falls from its branch a child gathers it and hands it to me and i keep it on top of my study each day i look at it like it is something so different from the rest of the leaves time shrinks it time browns it until its cells be..."></div> </div> </div>

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