The Little Leaf

The flight of her life.

Birthed from the first

quench of the spring rain

waiting for her whole life

to become another

whole again.

After becoming full and grown

in the blistering heat and 

children pulling sisters

and crumbling them

in their grumby fingers.

She calms.

Once cooled off by steady

breazes of fall,

the now orange bodied leaf

is prepared to wither,

and become one with

the Earth, as once before.

The day has come to fly

after a whole life in a few

seasons, little leaf is ready

after siblings change in unity,

one lets go and flies

starting a chain of leaves

meeting their lovely grass and soil.

The little, beautifully brown

around the edges leaf, 

takes her last breath

and jumps off her nourishing mother,

to fertile another

desperate mother of new leaves

waiting for their turn,

the flight of their life,

the most beautiful moment

to grow for.

A swift and-almost forever-

in flight,

the leaf reaches the soft Earth.

Now it is time to rest,

knowing she will be the reason

for more beautiful leaves 

to come. 

Author's Note

I hope this poem opened your heart to the beauty of nature and her cycles.
Review if you like. Have an amazing day. :)

Reviews

[PaintedBirdy]

this leaf is lovely. should be purely appreciated. wish i had this leaf. thank you for sharing this little moment!! you're a godsend!

[Sydney]

I am very pleased that you enjoyed this poem! Thank you for your kindness