Thoughts on Autumn Leaves...and Life

By Sharon Wilhite

How does a leaf

decide to fall?

Loosening its grasp

on the branch

That has been

its security

For almost three seasons,

Desperately plunging or gracefully descending.

To join other

fallen comrades

In a glorious profusion

of color

at the base of the tree,

Or to be blown by the wind

                                       far and wide                        

across yards and fields,

To places previously viewed

solely from the safety

of the branch.

 

Cling tightly

or

Let go?

 

Exhilarating freedom

or

Destructive folly?

Falling Leaves. . .

"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:"

(Ecclesiastes 3:1)