Leaves Lovin

I wrote a love poem about leaves for autumn.

Hearts fall open

Onto a grassy field

Jade in hue

Soft in feel

Green pastures

Surround our soft spots

And say

“Y’all safe here”

Puddles of still water

Protect our process

We obsess

We rest

In each other’s eyes

They remind me of soil

Your touch

Exposes our toil

This garden

Is not my mother’s

Or hers

It’s

OURS

Every hour

It’s fall but

I love this Valentine

Exchanging green hearts

With you

Instead of red

You know I can’t

Leave you on read

Or for dead

Like other leaves

Patterning a path

Our aftermath?

Still love

© Jocelyn Billheimer