<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=530569" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Fading Shades of Gray</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">An autumn leaf descends toward a fire—<br>Slowly, like a feather in the soft wind.<br>Dehydrated, its orange body is crisp<br>And brittle enough to crumble in hand.<br>In the past few weeks, the branches above<br>Have grown barren—so quickly they have thinned—<br>And the brisk air has become harsh and cold<br>As if to say nature's warmth must expire.<br>What was once green covers in the thick smoke<br>That pillows up from the crackling land.<br>The smolder of time takes each fading shade.<br>Orange becomes red and black edges expand<br>‘Til the veins flow gray. The leaf, ashen-skinned, <br>Becomes the dust of seasons to transpire.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Tim+Stensloff">Tim Stensloff</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=530569" data-title="Fading Shades of Gray de Tim Stensloff" data-description="An autumn leaf descends toward a fire— Slowly, like a feather in the soft wind. Dehydrated, its orange body is crisp And brittle enough to crumble in hand. In the past few weeks, the branches above Have grown barren—so quickly they have thinne..."></div> </div> </div>

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