I beam when leaves stick To the bottom of my heavy leather boots, As I tromp from one place to the next, Irritated yet pleased when they're STILL THERE, After every sticky, wet step.
I think leaves are meant to bustle and blow In Autumn as they do in Spring, And that leaves have a yearning, (After rooted so long) To see the world.
The wind whispers to the leaves, “I have been here to caress you all along, And I am here to carry you now, And bear you to beautiful new places.” And the leaves sigh and surrender, And flutter to the ground, Then back to air, Then to ground, Laughing merrily, Tumbling, Enjoying the last few moments alive.
When leaves stick To the bottom of my heavy leather boots As I tromp from one place to the next, I have the satisfaction of knowing That these leaves would not have seen The places I have taken them. They would not have left Pieces of themselves in the concrete. That somehow I have helped fulfill a dream By moving their dying fragments, Like scattering ashes, And showing them a new world If only a hundred feet away.