Forgotten Ground Regained

The Last Leaf that Clings

Just one lone leaf · still lingers, clinging,stubborn or brave, to the branch of an oak.Like the cleaving · kindergartner fast to their father · on the first day in the strange school, scared to be alone.Or is it the tree · that so tightly grips?
Photograph by Matthew Dickerson
Copyright © Matthew Dickerson, 2024 First printed in Forgotten Ground Regained, New Series, Issue 5, Winter, 2025
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