April PAD Challenge: Personal Mythology Promtpts Day Five - Sense and Synchronicity

Poem #5

I

pick

up this

fallen leaf,

a dying morsel

of Mother Earth and

see myself reflected in its

autumn glory, the final show

of bravado before it's forever

changed. It reminds me where I

am dying, how I am changing,

but doesn't teach me about

why I must start

a

n

e

w

Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.