Pagosa Springs Artists

Falling Leaves, Falling Lives

 

Many leaves
drop
straight
down,
pile up
brown,
obscured,
unobserved,
crumbled
underfoot.

Some leaves
ride updrafts,
veined kites
caught
in brief flight,
then dashed
wedged,
torn,
alone.

A few lives
soar
above,
flicker light,
flash color,
hover
alight.

 

first published in  The Pegasus Review,
also Northern Stars Magazine
also in Poetry for the Spirit, 2010 Anthology, Sacred Arts Festival, Durango, CO

© 2001 Bonnie Manion

 
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