LITTLE AUTUMN LEAF
by
Jamie Dedes
In memory of Mary Kate.
You floated into our lives
an autumn leaf edged in gold,
a tiny froth of smile and grumble,
a lifetime of grit and grizzle.
A mind over-larded and lost
in the never-land of ninety years.
Yours such a small body, such pain.
So bravely, autumn leaf, you chose
the wind on which to float away,
leaving us to the emptiness of your
gray chair and our wistful hearts.
Photo credit – Petr Kratochvil, Public Domain Pictures.net.
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