Epiphany

the leaf fell and normally I would scoop it up

but today, i let it lay there.

perhaps it is not for me to pick it up everytime

or even mine to scoop for even a moment.

it wasn't just any leaf...

it was a leaf of years and years

something i found value in caring for

i looked forward to that one scoop....

but it is not mine anymore.

so every now and then

i will see it fall

i will smile, short memory

and walk on by.

i know that day must start soon,

but i sit here on the stoop

watching it move lightly in the wind

and i think...

it isn't moving for me

it is moving because of the wind...

so does that mean it was never really mine?

yes, and I have known that for years.

once there was a rose

a rose of years and years

something he made his.

once there was a petal of the rose

that fell to the ground,

it was his time to walk on by.

~~grb  2012~~

(picture does not belong to me...was sent to me via my cell phone with no tag.)