Sundown Leaf

A poet’s rhyme, sweet kiss of dream
Poison that intoxicates my unveiled core
Piano weeps the last chord well
Caring still of a leaf in a child’s hand

Sun bathing on silver snow
Cover of ice whitening below
Breathless and still she is resting within
Poor girl of undiscovered memory

Child’s heart for her to live
Songwriter’s mind for her to breathe
Dreamer’s bound for another midwinter ride

A song for a child
A verse caressing a dream
Turning loose a whisper of heart

Dream that leaf caresses still
On the angelwing beneath butterfly’s heartbeat

Story flows fast with gold autumn rust
Sundown leaf falls into the awe
Forgetting a dream of wanderlust
I fall for a dream of dreamer’s core