Francisco Renion Jr. Poet Enclosed Rhyme

When the Red Leaf Falls

When the red leaf falls
it echoes with pounding relief,
it sets itself free
from the barren tree...
When the red leaf falls,
the canyons cry
out their echoing, joyful
call from wall to wall
and the yellow wheat
in the valley below
blows a sigh of relief --
grief is blown from the exhaust
of every downtown truck
delivering pain and happiness
in echoing stutters and stops.
When the red leaf falls,
the walls of China crumble,
the ocean roars
and spits and spins
the howling winds,
like some pumped up balloon
that hasn't been tired,
being set free beneath
the blue-black sky,
speckled with fluff
of cotton candy clouds
from Montana to Madrid,
covering the continents with
blankets of blaring red
and gold passion...

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