“Please let me fall
on top of the others.
Please let me fall gently
on top,” says the leaf
as he rocks back and forth.
The leaf has dreamed his whole life
of falling off the old tree.
He was the last leaf on the tree.
Now the tree is empty.
by Justin, 3rd grade
Click the link (above) to listen to the poem read on KPFT radio by Som Gaeeni, a 4th grader from Parker Elementary in Houston.
This poem is featured as part of the 2012 A Poem A Day campaign, a National Poetry Month celebration by Writers in the Schools (WITS) that features a different poem by a WITS student every day during April. Click here to learn more.