A willow leaf flutters in the wind, <br />loosens and drops into the thrusting <br />current below. <br /> <br />Whirling, pirouetting, tumbling <br />like an acrobat, like a ballerina, <br />it is carried forth. <br /> <br />The tree from which it came calls after: <br />Come back, resist, <br />come home. The river <br />will destroy you. <br /> <br />The willow leaf calls back: <br />The river is wise; <br />I've heard he knows the way to the ocean. <br /> <br />The willow tree weeps. <br />The river laughs. <br />The little leaf wonders <br />what's around the bend.<br /><br />Sonny Rainshine<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/parable-of-the-willow-leaf/
