Two Leaves An Autumn Poem

Once that first leaf
gently detaches itself
from tree and branch,
and falls, with a slight
hesitating twirl,
to a perfect stillness
on the ground, and
once that happens
the rest can happen,
and the season swells.

The second leaf
drifts on a wing of wind
and twists in flight
to land on a racing
stream. Its adventures
on the water begun,
it quickly abandons
its parent tree and
sibling leaves, content
to lie still on the land.