THE SWAY OF THINGS
by Gabby Morris
As I walked through the woods
Of a lazy afternoon,
The needles crept in
Quiet flight,
Beneath my hastened foot
There seemed nothing
In between the leaves
But light.
As it fell through the
Summer drawn tide
And as the green leaves
Shook
One another,
The canopy sang
A sweet melody
In the breeze,
That wove a tapestry
Of timelessness,
In between the
Bark of the trees
And as I stood
Stiller and stiller yet
There seemed nothing
Behind me,
And nothing ahead
Just the sway of things
In that moment.
And as the leaf took leave
Of its branch,
It silenced the earth
As it drifted softly
To where the land met grass,
Nature’s grind seemed to watch
And witness the fall,
But before I could blink
I had to take my leave,
And let the moment pass.