Loners
A yellow rotten leave lays a pond the ground
Mixing with other rotten leaves
Not the only one rotten but slightly different
With reddish flicks and a large hole on the corner
It stands alone with the group.
Hoping one day that the wind shall carry it away
To a different place, time.
When night comes around
It lies alone
The other leaves disappear into the blackness of the night
But this one stands out and alone..
Reddish flicks shimmer in the middle of the darkness
There’s another different leave from another tree a few yards away
This one with a smaller large hole in the middle of it and a yellowish flecks a pond it
On an early morning The wind picks up and it grabs it into its grip
It floats in the wind.
Swirling, twisting, just floating
Before it hits the ground
Next to all the others
But one stands out… Another different looking one
The one with the Reddish flicks and a large hole at its corner
They lay side by side
Not noticing each other until the night's darkness falls a pond them and they shine together..
© 2009 Shelby Baker
Mixing with other rotten leaves
Not the only one rotten but slightly different
With reddish flicks and a large hole on the corner
It stands alone with the group.
Hoping one day that the wind shall carry it away
To a different place, time.
When night comes around
It lies alone
The other leaves disappear into the blackness of the night
But this one stands out and alone..
Reddish flicks shimmer in the middle of the darkness
There’s another different leave from another tree a few yards away
This one with a smaller large hole in the middle of it and a yellowish flecks a pond it
On an early morning The wind picks up and it grabs it into its grip
It floats in the wind.
Swirling, twisting, just floating
Before it hits the ground
Next to all the others
But one stands out… Another different looking one
The one with the Reddish flicks and a large hole at its corner
They lay side by side
Not noticing each other until the night's darkness falls a pond them and they shine together..
© 2009 Shelby Baker