Entry #11 Poetry: The Leaf is Innocent by Jonathan Bolton

The Leaf is Innocent

by Jonathan Bolton

The leaves see all, when the trees stand tall

The leaf was the first to see, the serpent, Adam, and Eve

Winter, Summer, Spring, and Fall

Fall is when the leaf falls, unless the tree falls

Then the leaves fall, free fall

Morning, Noon, Evening, and Dark

The leaves watched Noah build the Ark

Hands raised, as palm leaves wave

To give praise, to the truth, the life, and the way

The leaves were dead and lost, when they cut and drug the cross

His life was the ultimate cost, to give life to all who are lost

The leaves grew with the thorns, the same thorns that Christ had worn

Jesus Christ is whom God sent, and Christ went

To the extent, giving us life more abundantly if we repent.

The leaf has seen all.

From Creation, Temptation, to Salvation.

"And the leaves are the healing of the Nations."