Once Upon a Breeze by Mike Fraser

Once Upon a Breeze

by Mike Fraser

As I am here - I will not be long

for the winds that come are very strong.

Once they were warm, gentle, and sweet.

They flourished over me

in a wonderful time long and yet brief.

They change like this every year.

Nourishment they offer at first

but now I feel death is near.

They gave me food, and now I thirst.

But is this now my end

and my stay here now made brief ?

Do not worry my friend.

Only think of me as you see others fly by,

Those that may skitter past,

And some that fall majestically from the sky,

My spot will only be stolen as by another thief,

For time is nigh, and I am but a leaf.