A little head
above the water
after a month
of rain.
The sole leaf
of an alder sapling
to survive the
hurricane.
“Bring back,
bring back the leaf,”
Simon Armitage’s refrain.
As a modern ark
sets sail
to plumb
the depths of
climate change
I sit here
and mind a leaf
destinies
intertwined beneath
the rise of muddy water.
Will it survive the flood?
Will we?
From Peneverdant 