LEAVES

You have been practicing
for some time now.
Enjoying it.
Just doing things,
your own way,
informed by what you studied.

There you are,
just happy.

Then,
suddenly,
there is that thought,
dangling on a hook.

You bite down,
thinking,
something needs to happen.

But the truth is,
it’s just a leaf,
like all other leaves,
until you reach out,
stop looking where you are going,
and try to grab it.