The Leaf – Poetry – Brief Article – Poem
Peter Ledermann
THE LEAF
I found a bright leaf half yellow half red
laid to rest on its mossy green bed
halfway in this world halfway in the light
the spirit of the thing now coming in sight
Down by the side of the path where I walk
the tiniest daisies and cornflowers grow
little faces bent over (so I can’t hear them talk
of mortal fools and the world that they know)
For it is just us who part what is one
done up by our Father by us is undone
we worship His beauty, the author unheard
as we sleep through the day unaware of His word
So when the time comes to fall from the tree
I must be prepared for that is not me
that tumbles and sails the green earth so kind
only part of the one He sent me to find
Peter Ledermann worked for many years as an audio equipment designer, inventor, and researcher for the T. J. Watson IBM Research Center. He is currently President/Chief Engineer of the Soundsmith Corporation. He enjoys philosophy, humor, painting, writing, and traveling to observe nature.
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