Last updated on July 11, 2022
A Tree Without Leaves
it’s raining
outside my window
the sunlight
shines through
the trees
like strings
at Christmas
twinkling
I wish it were
snow
and all was winter
white
untouched
but it never snows
in July
the water’s warm
I should be floating
away somewhere
as light as a leaf
down the river
following the flow
far from the tree
and its tangled roots
a tiny boat
sailing
across the sea
in a shimmering
of diamonds
weightless
nobody knows
the leaf
was once attached
to a lofty limb
its job
was waving
at the tourists
for a tree with no leaves
looks lifeless
and gray
like spring got lost
in winter
and forgot about summer
for fall
the leaf no longer green
and waving
fell into the wind
and found its way
to the shore
where all boats
begin again
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