SUPERFLUOUS

Today 
I am the fallen leaf 
floating on the wind 
No branch to call my own 
No tree to hug me close 
Unheeded
Unneeded 
For my sap is no more green. 

I drift 
aimlessly 
Trying to make the breeze 
my home 
But all I am is a colourless scrap 
Dropped uncaringly 
Forsaken 
Along the sidewalk 
To be crunched 
underfoot 
Like yesterday's broken dream 
For I'm no more green. 

MS