Leaf
Hold to this hold on to
this
the venation of this leaf
reniform and
emarginated.
This is no hand to shake and let go
no
feather fallen by happenstance
to pick up and fondle
and
perhaps put in your pocket
or perhaps let fall
again.
Here is something that might deliver
you
if only you could memorize the form of it
and still
recall the changing
shape of it wafting
if only you
could pattern something after it
the day, this evening, a
journey,
a returning.
-Marilynn
Rashid |
