Leaf of Life

Stunned are we

A leaf has fallen off our tree

She blossomed and bloomed

Even in the shade of doom

Carrying a burden of her life

In a pack on her back

She danced in color lifting the spirits

Of all who were near.

Joyce, we watched you drift away

To a place where the sun shines

All day

Stunned are we that your leaf

Is gone from our tree

May God be with thee.

Katherine Udd, April 2002

In Memory of Joyce Macdonald