2021.12.21: lift off

flying leaves, Dec ‘21

with a little help
dead leaves taking flight again
oddly comforting

2021.12.04: gathered

wind gathered leaves, Nov ‘21

leaves piled before gate 
light filtering through their stead 
time to rake is now

2021.11.15: half life

half fallen leaves, Nov ‘21

the half moon rising
through a tree half full of leaves
soon we’ll all be gone

2020.11.24: wind blown

lone sycamore leaf
foreign to the treeless yard
joins the gathered pile

2020.11.14: shadow box

ready or not, jump
hand in hand, let’s ride the wind
as long as it takes

to decay and be absorbed
to bud again one fine spring