Fall

a leaf in the wind
people take for granted
that the leaf is there
that the wind behind it
is powering its every move
all the leaf can do is go
where the wind has blown it
up higher and higher
soaring through the sky
only to get plastered where a leaf shouldn't be
on a dark road somewhere
on a dirty old box
but every now and then
something magical happens
and the leaf gets blown by
someone who cares
someone who is still a romantic at heart
and they catch the beauty
pausing to drink it in
but not before they rescue
this tiny leaf
and take it home with them forever