Disengaging to Rest and Do Other Work
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Disengaging to Rest and do Other Work
Published in AUIS Literary Journal, The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani
I walk the dogs
under a sweetgum tree
on a crisp day
I hear sounds like
sticks scraping
or papers rustling
when it occurs
to me that
all it is, is
leaves disembarking
from their life source
without pain
without a plan
randomly gliding
into each other
on their journeys
down, down, down
to rest, to decay
to enrich the soil
to feed the tree
that gave them life—
the sound
of the life cycle
beginning again.
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Very nice.
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Thanks, oobu. Working on my manuscript for a book. Happy Halloween!!!
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Fan4-45years wrote:
Disengaging to Rest and do Other Work
Published in AUIS Literary Journal, The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani
I walk the dogs
under a sweetgum tree
on a crisp day
I hear sounds like
sticks scraping
or papers rustling
when it occurs
to me that
all it is, is
leaves disembarking
from their life source
without pain
without a plan
randomly gliding
into each other
on their journeys
down, down, down
to rest, to decay
to enrich the soil
to feed the tree
that gave them life—
the sound
of the life cycle
beginning again.
Copyright
2018 by Fan4-45years. All rights reserved.I always enjoy your poetry Fan4
Really enjoyed this one, looking out the window at the fall leaves... enjoyed the connection with this season of rest and renewal 
Good Luck with your book!
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Thank you so much, L2T!!!! Sending good thoughts to you and yours.
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Fan4-45years wrote:
Thank you so much, L2T!!!! Sending good thoughts to you and yours.
Good to see you around here again! How are the writings and poems coming along?
Thanks so much for the good thoughts...much appreciated
