Two Leaves

Wrote a new poem... I can't remember where I got the idea. Or where I wrote it, actually. It's kind of strange, because I definitely remember that it wasn't inspired by seeing any actual leaves. I sort of forgot about it tucked in the back of the notebook I used to write the first half of Child of Thunder. Well, anyhow, read it and weep! Or maybe just let me know what you think. It's a bit short, so if I haven't lost you in writing this long intro, you really don't have far to go.

"Two Leaves"

We're just two leaves,

caught in the same breeze,

I was so alone on my treetop perch,

the last green gasp of summer

till this windy night brought us together

two leaves, floating together

I never wanted to turn gold,

never asked to reach the top,

all I wanted was the chance,

to fly, and one brave soul to join me

I don't ever want to come down

don't want to stop and decay,

with all the rest of Autumn's victims,

all to be raked and bagged and burned

I just want to reach for the clouds,

with you by side,

reach high and never, ever come down