That Four Letter Word

That unhurried leaf,

In its reluctant fall,

Sways all it can,

Strokes every trace of air,

Finally touching base,

In a feathery contact..

That hasty droplet,

In its confident fall,

Mindless of the direction,

Focused on the destination,

Pecks the floor hard,

In authority..

That precarious boulder,

In its abrupt fall,

Down the ever steep hill,

Bruised, modified,

Sharpened, mollified,

Changed..

Rolls onto the ground,

In finality..

My fall?

That four letter word..

Oh its all the above!

And much more!