as I lay underneath this tree

I think of how it looks like a poem

a poem about fall

the beautiful red and gold leaves

dancing to the ground

but then I think that it wouldn’t make a good poem

because a good poem isn’t adjectives and metaphors

a good poem doesn’t have rhyme or reason to its madness

anyone can describe something

anyone can open a thesaurus

a good poem is so much more

a good poem shares something great

something powerful and awe-inspiring

or something funny or sad

a good poem is indescribable

because poetry is not merely words on paper

poetry is the text interpretation of liquid thought

poetry is words in their rawest of forms

before they’ve been refined enough to describe a leaf

a simple leaf as a red and gold dancer