walk among the trees in fall

a friend from my past who i saw at a reunion
someone i used to laugh and play sports with
grimaced when i told him what i do
a chaplain in hospice, i said, when he asked me
and immediately he had no words
just this look of distaste so striking
you’d think i’d spit in his drink
or told him i torture cats for a living

i wish i’d had the imagination to tell him
that what i do is walk among the trees in fall
i stop, examine each luminescent leaf
and try to capture its essence
before its inevitable letting go
falling to the earth
feeding the ecosystem
bringing life to us all

One thought on “walk among the trees in fall

  1. I absolutely love this poem. There is indeed beauty in each life, and blessed is the one who can see and share that with others.

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