leaves fell and willingly they covered the soft grass shelter from the freezing wind and rain sure to come ironically the same wind blowing the leaves from the trees there she came always came and walked among the trees smiling she loved the air that held the breeze that swayed the trees that dropped the leaves she closed her eyes and stood quite still the first flake of snow to fall from the sky happened to fall right where her eye would have been but instead it fell on her lid she grinned and had to spin around and around she went the trees and leaves and breeze all spinning right with her she fell to the ground upon the bed of leaves saving the grass she was at home here deep in the dark woods full of secrets she kept from the relentless encroaching straight lines of the disastrous disease perhaps the world would pass by she knew the inevitable demise surprise it would not be you see she knew they would not stop until everything was finally straight she took a deep breath of the beautiful sweet air that tasted like sky with a hint of snow flake and knew she would fight right here in her place she would hold the line |