A solitary leaf
Flutters in the breeze
The wind pulling the frond from its perch
With an uncanny ease

Heaving a sigh of resignation
The leaf reluctantly lets go,
Dancing gracefully to the ground
Where it rests atop the snow

The sky screams in frustration
Weeping tears of sorrow and grief
For the bare, skeletal trees
And the lonely, defeated leaf

A moaning gust of wind
Sweeps the leaf up from the floor
And carries it away
To new adventures that are in store

The merciless wind
Takes the leaf far away
To a place where the skies are neither cloudy nor gray

The twinkling sun
Slowly begins to arise
Bringing warmth to the world
From its spot in the skies

The wind picks up speed
And the leaf waves goodbye
To the twinkling sun
In the velvety sky

Now the leaf lies back down
On its spot in the snow
Where it put up a fight
But then had to let go

The sky screams in frustration
Weeping tears of sorrow and grief
For the bare, skeletal trees
And the lonely, defeated leaf