The spring of dry leaves
I
found a dry leaf in the middle of the road, but it wasn't autumn. I took it in
my hands, looked at the trees and all had their leaves green, alive, full of
breath. However, the leaf in my hands was dry in the middle of spring. What
happened to it? - I wondered. I thought that the strong wind had made it fall
and that the sun of the day had withered it, but that was not the case. I know
this because that same spring afternoon I sat next to the trees in the park.
Another leaf, in a low, very low voice, as low as the voice of a leaf can be,
told me: "don't feel sad, this leaf comes from the trees of the north, it
travelled a long distance to get here". It was dry, it was true, but it
had already lived its adventure, it had died far from its beginning, closer to
life, beyond what many leaves can dream of in their autumn; that it arrives and
drops them sadly at the feet of a bare tree.
F. JaBieR
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