Waiting For the Time

Hanging on for dear life wind blowing him too and fro,
Already changed colors but not wanting to let go.

The time is right the season is here,
The time to let go and try again next year.

But this time something is different, this time something is wrong,
Something doesn’t feel right, something doesn’t belong.

He knows the time is right that it should happen now,
But something deep inside him keeps him from falling to the ground.

He doesn’t understand it, it doesn’t make since,
This is the way it should be it hasn’t changed one bit.

Then all of a sudden deep inside him, he feels the time is right,
He doesn’t want to miss it for the sake of his life.

He finally does it and just let’s go,
The wind begins to take him and carry him with the flow.

Back and forth, up and down,
Around this and around that now heading for the ground.

“This is your stop this is where it ends,”
The wind tells the leaf as he smiles and then grins.

By: Nathan Bane Leccese
© All Rights Reserved 03/04/2009
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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October 9, 2009 at 2:57 AM
Nathan, congrats on being featured this week...Raul
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October 7, 2009 at 2:53 AM
Dear Nathan, Congratulations on this well deserved feature of the week. Thank you for sharing. Love, Lainie
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October 5, 2009 at 11:45 AM
Nice use of rhyme and personification in this poem. Congratulations on having it featured this week. I wish you ongoing success with your writing. Karen
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October 5, 2009 at 11:04 AM
Congratulations on your feature poem this week Nathan >> James
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October 5, 2009 at 10:44 AM
I love the imagery and the message your poem conveys about the passage of time, Nate. Congratulations on having this poem featured this week. Love, Carolyn
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October 5, 2009 at 7:24 AM
Congratulations Nathan on this wonderful poem featured this week! ~ Carrie
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October 5, 2009 at 3:28 AM
Congratulations on your well deserved poetry being featured this week Nathan. Love, Carol
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October 5, 2009 at 3:07 AM
Congratulations on having your poem featured. A. W. Nutter www.freewebs.com/abcedit
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October 4, 2009 at 11:35 PM
Congrats on your feature poem this week Nathan.Rgds Brian
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May 27, 2009 at 8:41 AM
The ability to lift a detail from the mundane, exalt it in the emotion, and bring it to the sublime of poetry ... is not skill, it's mastery. Bravo, my brother
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May 22, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Lovely poem, cracking story of the fall of the leaf, James
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May 17, 2009 at 6:02 PM
I think you might like my Dance Ballerina Dance...it seems we had thought on the same wavelength? Light & Love & I loved the verse!
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May 16, 2009 at 4:11 PM
I hope it was the right time. Sweet write. -Alley
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May 16, 2009 at 6:43 AM
Well, you held me captivated until the very surprising and delightful ending! Beautiful work! Love, Shar
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May 15, 2009 at 6:50 PM
You have Soup Mail!
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May 15, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Excellent writing, Nathan! Welcome to Poetry soup where many friendly eyes will be reading your work. That last verse is both powerful and gentle. I look forward to reading more of your poems. Best Wishes, Carolyn
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