the leaf autumn

 the leaf autumn

how to describe this one leaf

on its own autumn wind

to rustle up the words

the stem of a thought

that will dry my tears

at the birth of melancholy 

when down and around

i chase my thoughts 

at

summer’s end

  at 

autumn’s beginning 

and at the end

winter’s cold beauty

where are the words 

that will fall this fall

with the leaves 

with the fingerprints of snowflakes

misty yet wild

on the windows of my mind

here and gone in an instant 

while a leaf joins another leaf 

in the maelstrom 

of another leaf and another leaf

another leaf falling

falling falling 

stirring these words

around and around