Tenacious leaves

A parable for the time

Not every tree has them. Certainly not a lot of maples. Oaks have a lot but that’s their nature. I’m talking about tenacious leaves.

After all the other leaves have left, there’s that one last that come January is still hanging in there. The storm front winds howl through the bare branches, trunks growl as they reckon with it. The wind takes shape in sno…