Faith

I found a leaf pressed in a book;

A reminder of when like a leaf I shook,

As God opened the door a crack,

And showed me how we get off track.

Letting go and without restraint;

Just barely missed the sewer’s drain,

How carefree it must have floated down,

Lost and doomed to a decaying ground.

Then someone picked it up to save,

And placed it gently on the page.

Oh we – just like a leaf will fall,

Our lives on earth are just as small.

Faith is knowing that we can too,

Be picked up and our lives made new.

Valerie Hayes

1991

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