Sympathy for an Autumnal Leaf

I watched you from my window
Clinging on for dear life,
Trembling on the thinnest branch
As howling winds cut like a knife.

Your life was draining away,
Veins red raw and bare,
Inevitably you had to fall,
I watched you lay right there

Where my dirty brown boots
Crushed your brothers and sisters,
Crinkled red and golden leaves
Piled up, covered with blisters.

There, resting at my feet
Like a fallen, scarlet star
Your pitiful life reminded me
Of how fragile we truly are.