The Leaf - A POEM BY RICK MARRINER

The Life of a Leaf

By Rick Marriner

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I want to live my life like the leaf

I saw floating on the rivers yesterday.

A river of dark blue black depths

moving to and fro passing secrets it had heard opstream

everchanging and moving towards its goal with purpose

carrying the words from the hills to the sea.

Yet the leaf just floated winding to and fro with

stopping here and there to concern itself with a passing eddy.

Author's Note

Hikes do more than work out the legs, they open your mind.