A Leaf Falls - A Poem

A leaf falls, a river must rise
A crow caws, and I surmise
The report reaches deep the sky

A log splits, yet something remains
A sound emits hearkening pains
Yet in such losses are made gains

A short season in the span of life
Of dread and pain and measured strife
Knight a man and crown his wife

The dome the beach pebble disturbs
The gnat here, there the sky perturbs
A spirit there, here a clutch of words

Lovely equilibrium of sparkling worlds
Eternity through ages slowly unfurled
Light from center through darkness hurled

Light reflecting through corridors of ages
Wisdom whispered from Sage to sages
Experience meted out in stages

How can such be?
Managed so wonderfully?
Squandered so wantonly…..