A Leaf in the Wind

A cottonwood leaf in an autumn storm

A leaf
blowing in the wind
accelerating with each gust
dances
to the music of the autumn storm.

Freed
from the safety
of the cottonwood tree
without a will of its own
it is hostage
to the violence of nature.

Line Count: 11
Form: Free verse is a rhymed or unrhymed poem of any length with no specific rhyme scheme or line meter and can have any subject or theme.