If We All Have To Fall

Author Andy Smith

If We All Have To Fall

Andy Smith

If we all have to fall 
(and I suppose we do) 
I'd like to fall like a 
big leaf maple leaf. 
Falling somewhere between 
a flutter and a tumble.

And once I've landed there 
with supreme care—on this 
my second home—I'd hope 
to be on my back so I can 
watch all the others join me.

As I am buried underneath 
this layered-leaf mystery
I'd like to have a question
as I watch the branches bare.
Is this the end or beginning?

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