The Ballad of Withered Leaves

One withered-leaf ballad for a lifetime, one love that never finds its end. I was a withered leaf, yet I met a vine that followed me with such devotion that I could not bear to leave. Though this journey leads to despair, with no way back and no room to turn aside, I still keep searching desperately. Even if all I have is a glimmer at my fingertips, I want to see whether things can still be set right. If your eyes cannot see the light of life, let me be your eyes and show you the brightness of this world. I will protect you and stay by your side for a lifetime, never leaving or giving up. If life cannot last until eternity, let me follow in your footsteps. Though there are flowers everywhere under heaven, I will keep to you, this withered blade of grass, until the end of time, until the seas run dry and the rocks crumble. If one day I must gaze down at the river, alone beneath the boat’s lantern, or drink by myself among the flowers in the woods, then let me wither beneath the snow and sleep forever beside your grave. What use is there in leaving me to face the long night without you? Our story is neither tragic nor uplifting. Clinging stubbornly to a single obsession, we can walk just a little farther, taking one more step toward eternity. ) -- The The literary part is over. It’s probably an odd pairing: a strong-willed, frail, aloof bottom and a gentle, clingy top who’s tough on the outside but weak within. Hehe. In any case, this is a long, sorrowful story that belongs only to Dui Ying and Du Zhu. I hope you’ll leave your valuable opinions and suggestions. If you like it, please support and advise me. If you don’t, thank you for stopping by all the same. I’m a new writer, and people have said before that I’m a person with no sense of logic. Still, I’ll do my best to work on my shortcomings. Each chapter will be at least 2,500 characters, and I’ll aim for 3,000 or more. Updates will be about once or twice a week. If I have chapters stockpiled, I’ll try to update more often. Before July, it should be once a week. Theme: Crossing mountains and rivers for love, all for a brief time together.