Re-leaf // sept 2021

Sitting amidst a million leaves
(Re-leaf)
Amidst a september newspring leafing
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We were two billion in 1937, four billion in ‘73
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We are a leafspan away from eight
(Re-leaf)
Now. Such sour and sweet grief.
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Thinking about the hurt we do
the hurt we do, knowing
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The hurt we do un-knowing
willing, un-willing
Sitting amidst the leaves
Leaving, leafing
Un-leaving
(Re-leaf, Re-leaf)

Sitting with all the seasons of my grief
Needing to
(Re-leaf, Re-leaf)
growing
Sitting amidst a million, billion stars
Leaves, together, apart
Folding and re-folding parts of the heart
(Re-leaf, Re-leaf)
Relief, relief
Sitting with unknowing.
Re-leaf.