The Leaf

the leaf lived a secure little life on a tree...where she grew from a mere little lime green nothing to a pretty little olive green...she danced with joy in the starlight, looked the sun in its eye and spread herself open to welcome the rain...it was a happy little life...up so high...but she knew that her secure home, the loving branches that held her, the other leaves that sheltered her, the trunk that connected her to the roots of her existence, would not always be there...
she lived in preparation for that moment... she was not sure what the moment was but knew she's know when it was the moment...she watched the other leaves, she took in what the little birds said...she was learning fast...on windy nights, when she felt afraid, she held on tight...she shut her eyes and told God she wasn't ready yet...
time flew by and with it came the moment...the big moment...and she knew what it was all about...she had to leave...thats what a leaf has to do...leave...but she wasn't plucked away by the gusty wind...she felt her mother loosen her grip with love...she felt herself leave her mother's hand...she had picked the moment...she had the power...
she was adrift...she looked back, tears filling her eyes...but with a strength she had not known...she could not let herself down..
drifting slowly...sometimes down...sometimes up...but always moving towards something... she knew not what her role in the larger scheme of things were, but she was certain she had a role and she was gonna ensure she did it right...
she has begun her journey...determined to submit herself to a higher power...to believe in love...in destiny...and to let him decide what's best for her as she goes about discovering her role...as she goes about living a life that she was so fortunate to have...
even if she was just a leaf in a wind of leaves...one moment in a lifetime of moments...