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Leaf It Be

Tis' Summer floating to the ground
in drifting reds and yellow
scrunching as I walk along
in colors warm and mellow
tis' Autumn lying underfoot
in curling shapes of dying
crunching as I step on them
while Winter's wind is sighing

thru' the empty arms of trees
already lonely for their leaves

Tis' Winter creeping down my neck
with icy, chilling fingers
preparing me for what's to come
a grey and bleak December
tis' Christmas waiting for the songs
that brighten up the season
tis' New Year's Day that waits for Spring
reviving growth with reason

for leafy buds to cling in sin
to waiting arms of trees again ...


Joy A. Burki-Watson
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