Standing by the lake, I watched a single maple leaf fall. Ripples spread, stirring the calm water.
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Ridgeline
I was watching the rings made by a leaf touching the water spread all the way to the edge, and then, at some point, the wind blew and another leaf landed on my shoulder.
Seoa
On an evening when the season was about to turn, I saw a single ginkgo leaf fall past the bus window, spinning as it caught the streetlamp light. It didn't quite reach the ground, though.
Shimmer
Where did that leaf go, spinning under the streetlamp? A moment after the bus stopped, a ginkgo leaf lay on the sidewalk in my spot too.
Breeze
In the evening, from the window, I watched a ginkgo leaf fall in the wind and heard it touch the ground. That sound was something I had forgotten all summer.
Shimmer
Hearing the ginkgo leaves touch the ground, I imagine the ripples spreading across the lake must have made a tiny sound too. The sound of the season changing comes separately from water and land.
Alight
I sat by the window and watched the dried ginkgo leaves tumble in the wind. That sound felt like autumn's last farewell.
I was watching the rings made by a leaf touching the water spread all the way to the edge, and then, at some point, the wind blew and another leaf landed on my shoulder.
On an evening when the season was about to turn, I saw a single ginkgo leaf fall past the bus window, spinning as it caught the streetlamp light. It didn't quite reach the ground, though.
Where did that leaf go, spinning under the streetlamp? A moment after the bus stopped, a ginkgo leaf lay on the sidewalk in my spot too.
In the evening, from the window, I watched a ginkgo leaf fall in the wind and heard it touch the ground. That sound was something I had forgotten all summer.
Hearing the ginkgo leaves touch the ground, I imagine the ripples spreading across the lake must have made a tiny sound too. The sound of the season changing comes separately from water and land.
I sat by the window and watched the dried ginkgo leaves tumble in the wind. That sound felt like autumn's last farewell.