thoughts of the leaves(YSN)

"Green lifes also have ardour. I discovered it just after the frost."
This is a line of a famous Chinese poem. I just translated it woodenly. I really like this line which shows the perceptual thought of the poet. Once he walked in sugarbush, he picked up a maple leaf. The fresh red color moved him and awoke a pleasant sensation. So he wrote such a line.
Maybe you wonder why I mentioned it. Several days ago, when I was waiting for my school bus, I noticed a kind of plant by accident. The leaves of this unknown plant really surprised me. They were in the shape of ellipse and became pointed at the bottom of both two sides. On the surface, they were no more special than other green leaves. But when I turned one of them over, I found that the other side was red! It was incredible that two of the extreme colors existed in such one small issue of nature. Then the line of the poem occurred to me. That moment I was moved just like the poet.
Maybe it is common for Singaporeans to see such plant. But it is totally different to me, a girl brought up in northern China, who used to see red maple leaves in autumn. They always bring me hope and make me more optimistic. I was happy because I would never say goodbye to lovely red leaves even in Singapore, where almost every leaf is green.
Moreover, it also woke up some of my precious memory about my hometown. Suddenly I wanted to pick up one. Perhaps I should post it to my friend who I missed much. But I stopped myself. Arranged by fate or decided by myself, I am already in Singapore, where I’ll spend at least 10 years. Whether I see the leaves or not, I will still miss the person I miss and also be the perceptual person what I used to be. After all, people shouldn’t always live in the shade of the past. When environment changes, mood should be changed. It is me who lead my own life.
Quietly, I breath, feeling the ardour represented by the red leaves flowing into my body.