Leaf

Did you ever pick a leaf?

Just to feel all the veins

And lay it flat in your hand

In the palm of lifelines

So similar?

Did you ever feel a tear drop

Shape of warm green

Like a gently ironed organ

That’s so great at capturing

Sunlight

And think, yeah, I’m gonna

Try and do that

Today?

Did you ever rub the green

Between your fingers

Like basil or Eucaplyptus

And remember

About love?

Did you ever run your hands

Through a garden  

Of foliage and touch

The waxy surface

In the baking house

Of nature and feel

Lucky in the glory

Of our Earth?

I have :)