Questions for a Fallen Leaf

Questions for a Fallen Leaf

Wondering…where will the wind lead     

and which winding way will you blow?

Crossing this twining asphalt road;

little orange leaf stumbling slow,

tossed like a drifting tumbleweed  

leafy head over brown stemmed-toe;

wandering where the wind may lead.      

Watching to see which way you blow…

Did you cling to your mother-tree,

last of her children to let go?

Afraid of what the world might be,

did you cling to your mother-tree?

Or with excitement did you flee,

floating with the first Fall wind’s flow? 

Did you rush from your mother-tree,

first of her children to let go?

Were you captured by screeching tines,

before your travels could take flight,

shoved against others ‘neath rake’s whine?

Were you captured by screeching tines,

not knowing what you’d face, but find

freed by kids diving with delight?

Were you captured by screeching tines,

then by little hands flung to flight?

Wondering…where will the wind lead     

and which winding way will you blow?

Crossing this twining asphalt road;

little orange leaf stumbling slow…

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"...He did fly upon the wings of the wind." Psalm 18:10

Thanks to my dear friend, Carolyn, for the story that inspired this poem. On her drive home one day - kid free, which means free to let your mind wander - she noticed a single leaf tumbling across the road. Carolyn found herself wondering where that leaf was going and where it had been. When she told me about it, I could see the story of the "wandering leaf," And so, this poem was created with those thoughts in mind. :-)

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Rider of the Wind, I thank You that no matter which way the winds blow us in life, You are already there. May we find Your peace as we wander. In Jesus holy name I pray. ~ Amen