General Poetry posted March 12, 2014 |
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Checking the ground where I walk.
Consider the Fallen Leaf
by amada
Consider the fallen leaf-- how it lies on the ground. Consider. Torn from the mother branch, dry and wrinkled, twisted and turned-- lifeless, so we say... Consider the fallen leaf. I held one of them today. Cold, it clung to my hand seeking warmth, or a friend, perhaps. I tried to reshape, remake it... but my terse hands couldn't cuddle such a fragile thing, and it crumbled, on one fold of my ragged hand. and it flew away like sacred, golden dust ... But one remained on my palm: a reminder, perhaps, that we always leave something behind... a smile a sparkle a sigh. Consider-- the fallen leaf. |
Free Verse Poetry Contest contest entry
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