You were a young leaf <br />A flapping shimmer of green <br />In the early spring sunshine <br />Happy, joyous <br />Frolicsome and gay. <br /> <br />Without warning <br />Nor portent in the wind, <br />Tragedy struck you down. <br />Plucked forcefully from the branch <br />Before your destined time. <br /> <br />One inopportune moment <br />Turned your world <br />Into a dizzy spiral, <br />A broken melody, <br />A shattered cry. <br /> <br />Now you lie motionless, <br />Your life halted <br />Your body wounded. <br />Soul seeking to live <br />Barely there, hanging on. <br />Please hang on. <br />Please live. <br /> <br /> <br />(October 15,2007/ 9: 35 P.M./ Bowie, Maryland/Got news of cousin Nathan’s accident.)<br /><br />Tricia Mae Chua<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/one-inopportune-moment/
