Fallen leaf

Beauty can be found

in a leaf lost on the ground.

Feel the peace let loose.

Is time elusive or my heart?

Time tricks after time

before my heart catches up.

Tea steeps in my cup.

Trust this veil of life.
Live beyond the frayed edges.
Sun-made wrinkles smile.

Frame a steady bridge
with love when hate deepens rifts.
Follow peaceful feet.

Dismay rewards scorn.
Disappointment renders naught.
True love rescues peace.

This world we love shifts
wholly through darkness and light.
Stable ground is rare.

Our underbelly
churned and naked, reeks with strife.
We part peace by piece.

What phoenix shall rise
from these ashes, we can shape.
Its gap forms our core.

The duty of care
is ours to nourish and grow.
As one we must live.

Together let’s build
a world with room for us all,
with love as our guide.