LONELY LEAF By Marilyn Halvorson | February 26, 2013 - 6:46 am |March 1, 2013 News from Bergen Well, hello there Little stranger in a land of snow. Have we met before? Perhaps in August When you shimmered in shades of emerald? Or was it in September When you were bathed in gold? Your face is familiar But your hue has changed; Meek little brown thing That you are, But still perfect in form, With your serrated edges Still so cleanly cut. Do not despair, Small, lonely leaf; Spring is coming, And in May’s first flawless green-gold offering, I’ll know you are re-born. Bookmark the permalink.