Fall

In the fall the leaf falls off.

The tree has to let it go.

When it falls and when it goes.

Shall it be gone as the wind blows?

When it lands inside the yard.

Shall it be raked?

Or shall it stay?

There is no way of knowing.

Which way the wind will be blowing.

May the leaf be raked like the others?

Or may the wind pick it up to another place?

Shall the leaf be its own?

Or shall it be with the others that are raked.

The other ones burn in the fire.

But the ones who want to go another way.

Will be around longer.