


The Last Leaf of Autumn

by Miss Jocy Esposito



Category: Up
Genre: Hurt-Comfort, Poetry
Language: English
Status: Completed
Published: 2012-09-30
Updated: 2012-09-30
Packaged: 2013-07-21 03:11:21
Rating: K+
Chapters: 1
Words: 229
Publisher: www.fanfiction.net
Story URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8570880/1/
Author URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2713293/Miss-Jocy-Esposito
Summary: A poem about Carl and Ellie Fredricksen's last days together.





	The Last Leaf of Autumn

A small piece written for Christopher Scott's challenge, 'Autumn'

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**The Last Leaf of Autumn**

The last leaf of autumn  
falls slowly.  
It drifts down  
and gently lies upon the cold ground.

Slowly  
they climb up the hill.  
The brisk air, the bright sun  
Just like old times.

He expects an afternoon  
Full of laughter  
Full of love  
The leaves floating gently down  
All around them.

He reaches the top  
Triumphant  
He's on top of the world  
With her at his side.  
He turns  
The world comes tumbling down  
and drags her down with it.

He's all too familiar with it all,  
the flurry of doctors  
the forms to sign  
the treatments to discuss  
the tears to hold back.

She weakens  
day by day.  
Her face grows drawn and pinched  
her hands ice cold.

The days grow shorter  
the wind colder  
the sun paler  
the tree more bare  
as the leaves are swept away.

There are more machines  
more wires  
more tubes  
But then there's less of her.

Her memories are fading  
Her eyes are distant  
He spends many sleepless nights  
Caring for her  
Loving her  
Hoping  
Hoping in vain.

There's nothing he can do  
but let nature take its course.

One floating blue balloon  
and an adventure book later  
the machines cry out  
A sudden piercing wail.

The last leaf falls.

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