Red Leaves
I remember longing
as a child
for Red Leaves
Green Leaves
Yellow Leaves
Brown Leaves
I saw these every year
but I longed for Red Leaves
Ontario had Red Leaves
I saw pictures and longed for Red Leaves
in British Columbia
my home
Green Leaves
Yellow Leaves
Brown Leaves
But no Red Leaves
But Now
in Alberta
my home
I have Red Leaves
and in this moment
my heart is full
© Ruby Neumann
Poet's Note: written September 25, 2020
I was in the hot tub this morning admiring the red leaves on my Virginia Creepers that over the years have spread themselves on my deck lattice. The colours inspired me this morning and I was brought back to a memory of a childhood longing. Maybe it wasn't just longing for red leaves, maybe it was just longing for something I didn't have.
So what fills my heart this morning, isn't the presence of the red leaves that have adorned my deck for over ten years. But a longing I had as a child, didn't go ungiven.
