Poem: Leaves
This poem was written for the Journalism Education Association’s National Student Media poetry competition. It received an “Excellent” rating, the second tier of achievement at the national level.
Connection, like leaves on a tree
A web of relationships
A sturdy wood base
Society, linked and harmonious
But with autumn, comes the fall
Cold spreads like a virus
Rapidly leaves drop
Connections severed one by one
Until one shriveled yellow leaf is left
Alone, distanced from the others
The ones taken by the cold
It hangs onto the wood stock
Drained of it’s colorful life
Facing the cold solo
Until the virus is gone
Warmth revives the root
And new leaves emerge
New connections are formed
And the leaf is no longer trapped
Alone, socially distanced
Facing the cold
