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Like A Leaf

by Jennifer Ragan

Like a leaf
tumbling
haphazardly
upon the mercy and whim
of something
that can’t be seen
or touched
I feel its breath
pushing me
forward
then changing directions
and pulling me
back
to where I started
to begin again
mixing words
and colors
into gold
before I’m bagged up
and thrown away
to decay
as compost

10/07/2009

Posted on 10/07/2009
Copyright © 2025 Jennifer Ragan

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Shannon McEwen on 10/07/09 at 08:21 PM

I LOVE this one Jennifer, it so aptly captures how I feel sometimes! The imagery is great.

Posted by Charlie Morgan on 10/08/09 at 02:24 PM

...ooooh jen, if i'd written peeps would say/ask are you gonna kill yourself?...naw, but you/i would just look at life from a certain perspective annnnnd the name of this pome having leaf in it...voila!, anyone who has seen a leaf drifting down in the wind can see this...then take the notion as this is life...good write, gal.

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