The Tree Is Shedding Off Its Leaves Poem by RIC BASTASA

do not be surprised
to see this tree shedding off leaves

it is the season
for it to become a skeleton
it is like
that

giving off everything
what it gained
from the soil which gives it life

the tree is returning
heaps and heaps of leaves
for the wind
to blow and scatter to the earth

until what is left
is the bareness of it all

the one where we are now
a destiny into
emptiness

the glory of nothing
the splendor of being nothing at all

welcome! welcome!