Sanctuary of Leaves

Sanctuary of Leaves,,--A light breeze stirred the leaves overhead. The moon floated out from behind the clouds, then disappeared again. "Where can I hide the leaf?"—"You came to this world on this leaf." Then the wind died down, and it became quiet, only the drops rattled, rustled through the crevices and flopped, rolling from leaf to leaf into the dark land of this island of their dreams. "And then they tore off the leaves and hid them in toys." She'll hide under a leaf or crawl into an ant hole and look out and laugh at us. "This year, in the twenty-sixth year of our Lord, we have built a mechanical sanctuary." "You're not in your temple, sweetheart." The girl was looking for refuge, looking for something native in this place, which, she knew, for a long time, would never be her home. "Magic leaves... Peace and love to you.",,   • Sanctuary of Leaves