I watched 'The Fountain' a year or so ago. And while I have to admit that some parts of the movie were confusing, I found the overall theme pretty interesting. So much so, that i followed it up with an interpretation of my own...

Stretch your fingers out

Gently towards that leaf, it beckons

Tenderly caress its essence, for it

Might free you from captivity.

Would you grant a portion of your soul

In exchange for a life never ending?

Infidel winds may distract you, yet believe it is

Yours for the taking.

May new life flow through your blood

And your capacities soar to the heavens

Perhaps life is an illusion, a grandmaster’s trick

To bend our minds to convention.

Restore to yourself your visions of old

And unto them be true forever,

For the greatest who saw, often turned blind

To all else but their own intention.

Ancient bark binds you, yet your freedom is rife

In the air that consumes you tonight

Once upon a time is once upon a life

The distinction is often purely in the mind.

Temper your vitality with prudence,

Simmering under your skin,

Everlasting life begins, often times

With the death of all boundaries within.

Tread softly on unknown ground. Dolce.

Reach for that leaf. Again.

It might free you from captivity.