Wishing Leaves

    Monet’s Dream

    2011

    The leaves are falling to the ground
    I caught one as it fell today
    And Monet’s dream lay all around

    I watched it fall without a sound
    The green of summer’s gone away
    As leaves are falling to the ground

    My hands were outstretched, heaven-bound
    The leaf was dancing, swish and sway
    While Monet’s dream lay all around

    It fell with grace, I was spellbound
    As if the earth had bowed to pray
    And leaves were falling to the ground

    It landed soft, my hands closed round
    As if I’d caught a golden ray
    While Monet’s dream lay all around

    Inside me, something lost was found
    It touched me more than words can say
    While leaves were falling to the ground
    And Monet’s dream lay all around

    — Wayne Visser