Permanence

The leaves shall fall and crackle beneath thy feet,
But the wood that begets shall stay mighty strong,
Even when the snow cripples unto the heat,
The branches shall wave and whisk, "So long!"

Inspired by this wonderful poem by Aman Khanna:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/aman-khanna/memories-from-change/10150897588896570

Step-down reaction

I am me, and then there is my shadow.

Following me, grazing the ground I once walked on,

And perpendicular to it am I,

Not me anymore, I am the shadow of my shadow,

Buried inside that ground my shadow grazed.

I am me, and then there is my shadow, and then there is the shadow of my shadow.

I step down on the staircase of my own shades.