Life is like an autumn leaf
Lie around unclaimed
The breeze blows me around
To be trampled under the feet of men.


Natures cruel feast has bestowed me with pain
Pain of being a part
Just a part of someone
Pain of departing,
Departing from that one


Pick me up like a rose,
And hold me to your heart
Keep me there till he does not come
And when he comes do a good deed
Dig the earth below
And bury me deep
For I don't want to lie around
Unclaimed, unloved.