Dr. Bob's Blog

Let go and float
Let go and float

The autumn hymn
For dim days and each and every dying leaf.

Wind and rain, all push and pound and pull
A leaf, once fully tree,
then fully not.

Clinging? No. Just stemming,
just holding that branch
till perfect release,
decrepitude and peace.

Let go and float
Let go and float

Alight upon ground or grass.
Or road and tire-squashed.
Washed by rain or raked
In blessed decomposition!

Join soil and water.
Feed earth
and seed.
Take root again
In some future fall,
On some future tree,

A dying leaf.

Let go and float
Let go and float