THE LEAF
I imagined a leaf was alive today
as it fluttered and danced in the wind.
I gave it a future, a present, a past.
I gave it times it had sinned.
Then that leaf slunk across the ground
hanging its stem low.
It shuddered and skidded along the road
Waiting for the wind to blow.
And as I gave up all my bad traits
The wind began to die.
I stared at my leaf sadly,
Telling me it would no longer fly.
Its life was over before it began
Its journey cut short by me.
It waited there wallowing in sin.
Sharing our mutual misery.
as it fluttered and danced in the wind.
I gave it a future, a present, a past.
I gave it times it had sinned.
Then that leaf slunk across the ground
hanging its stem low.
It shuddered and skidded along the road
Waiting for the wind to blow.
And as I gave up all my bad traits
The wind began to die.
I stared at my leaf sadly,
Telling me it would no longer fly.
Its life was over before it began
Its journey cut short by me.
It waited there wallowing in sin.
Sharing our mutual misery.
How unexpected! This bit of a breeze
As the leaf lifted up gently.
"Life must go on" it seemed to say
As the wind will blow endlessly.
So now as I watch my little leaf
Taking flight once again,
My heart follows its journey
In a dance that will never end.
As the leaf lifted up gently.
"Life must go on" it seemed to say
As the wind will blow endlessly.
So now as I watch my little leaf
Taking flight once again,
My heart follows its journey
In a dance that will never end.
