Gently Falling

Subconscious thoughts, like a leaf gently falling

toward an earth I had never engaged.

Except vicariously through the sipping of roots,

up the tree’s trunk and branches splayed.

Descending gracefully and looking all about me

As I drift aimless on the whims of a breeze

I wonder how this all came together,

wondering why it all seems to agree

Keeping time to the beat of my heart, the ground grows ever larger

While the branches above me simultaneously fade in size

My thoughts, like a leaf gently falling

What a wonderful kind of surprise!