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Learn to Love Chapter 3: The Fallen Leaf | A Moving Story of Resilience

Experience the emotional weight of "The Fallen Leaf" in Chapter 3 of Learn to Love. A poetic journey through heartbreak, the loss of self, and the fragile strength found in survival. Explore the dark metaphors of love and the fear of being fragmented by the past.

Author
Shape Unseen
Genre
Literary Fiction / Contemporary Drama
Length
374 words
Excerpt
Not now. Although I was once a green leaf, I didn't just fall from the tree of love; I was stepped on many times. I have no complaints against you; even your footsteps over me Carried the same sense of love I felt Months ago. I felt a hollow sadness when an unknown smell stepped over me. I always loved the dainty drops of rain. I remember the drops touching my tail, where I used to swing up and down, followed by a velvety wind pulling me left and right. This time, the touch of those many dainty drops felt like a strike. This time I wasn’t swinging, and even that velvety wind forgot to pull me. When I was on that tree, I loved every catastrophe, but now it is all different, all new. Not even the great sun was able to fade the darkness I felt. I wanted to apologize to all living beings because I could no longer give them their breath. Slowly, I felt I was losing my eyesight; everything was turning dark. Yet, even with no sight at all, the darkness in front of my eyes felt a hundred times less dark than the darkness inside me. Time Passed A slow brightness appeared in front of my eyes. My first glance found a bird near me. I felt the velvety wind pulling me left and right again. I felt brighter inside. I felt the breeze and saw the green leaves all around me. I noticed a puddle on a leaf close to me and felt numb; my color was now brown and tan, no longer the soft, smooth green I once was. I never imagined time could flow this fast. In the distance, I See many trees of love, but I cannot take the risk. If I fall this time, I am not "green" enough to hold myself together; I would be fragmented. I am lost now; even those left-and-right movements aren’t joyful to me. It isn't that I Have ran out of tears, but the "me" inside me stops them from Falling because it knows even the smallest drop of a tear would make heavy enough to unplug me from my place, leaving no existence of me behind.