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"I'm not sure why every leaf must die..."
Create a poem with this beginning.
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CassieCalder in Poetry & Free Verse

Everything Ends

I'm not sure why every leaf must die,

Why every sun must set and disappear,

Or even why every love must fade away.

I wish I didn't know that everything ends,

Even you, even me, even us,

Even every leaf

On that damn tree you carved us into

Must die

And I'd be lying if I said I had any clue why.

But I know one day

It'll just be winter

It'll just be night

It'll just be lonely

It'll just be nothing

Because even every leaf must die.