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poem submitted to "A Leaf in the Woods" poetry contest, Craig Cornish, sponsor, July 31, 2026
I rise, a leaf awakened by autumn’s call, unloosed at last from summer’s tender keep. Sunbeams uplift me as I start my fall, their golden fingers guiding where I sweep. I wander through the forest’s breathing light, a pilgrim drifting on a path unknown; each ray becomes a lantern for my flight, and shows me truths the rooted trees have grown. I greet the moss as though it were a friend, and feel the roots beneath me softly rise; they teach me how all journeys seek their end in quiet places held by sacred skies. So rest I now, a traveler of the bright, who found my home by trusting in the light.
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