with the kind and gentle
touch of the wind
a bamboo leaf falls
flip
flopping
in air
down
into the serene
pond
on moss filled
stone
beside the water
so like a a silk cloth
of a woman
thrown
on the carpeted
floor of the marital
room
RIC S. BASTASA
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/joy-of-solitude/