Leaf Life
Leaf Life In the beginning, a tiny budonly a bump on a branch,my friends and I. Soon became full-blown leavesproviding shading shadowson hot days to a nearby home. In fall, our foliage morfedto brilliant reds and yellows—my friends floated to the earth. I clung to the branchuntil, I too, joined the others,no longer able to clap praise to our Creator. We lay listless until strong windsscattered us in scurrying swirls.Then we were raked into orderly piles,sucked into a dark tube,mangled…