Saturday, January 19, 2008

Leaving Home for Another



Many live in a house
that is better than
some and worse than
others.

Now, in the middle of
January, the leaves have
found their home,

nestled in
a garden bed or
a curb.

I see out of the corner
of my eye
one renegade leaf hopping
jumping somersaulting
across the patio
onto the frozen
pond.

I wonder what
was wrong with
her previous
home.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Pleasing thoughts.

Who's in the world?

Xiushan said, "What can you do about the world?" Dizang said, "What do you call the world?"