9.25.2006

one leaf




we walk on pebbles
to climb mountains

small and hesitant
in the moment

we are one leaf
on the mustard tree

one dust mote
falling

with limited vision and
fear like sand in our eyes

we can only touch
what is here

step ahead unseeing
with thoughts in our heads

of what a mountain is
or where the road goes

like children in a game
of blind man's bluff