Dances With Leaves

Carolyn Caines

"Orange Sherbet" by Chalayn Noelle Nagunst, Acrylic Mural

Among the flirting, fall-decked trees,
I find my senses take their leave.
I dance about the covered street
While colors crunch beneath my feet.

I spin. They touch my fingertips.
I sigh. They brush me with their lips.
I bow. They flit and fall beside.
I run. They mount the winds astride.

Each fiery, flaming, falling leaf
Has shared with me this dance so brief.
To dance with leaves…a moment’s time
When all the universe does rhyme.

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