A very colorful leaf
Arrests attention to itself
So you pick it up
Assuming that it will at least be a token
A reminder of it's beauty
And there it lays on your table
Changing color
BUT still carries the reminder of the color it had
That made you pick it up
And put it on your table
A living thing once and always a living thing
In perception
But that is an idea
An idea only grows like a plant
When it mutates
And changes
Changes to what is actually happening
In the idea
The constant catch 22 of perception
I carry the IDEA of the colorful leaf
Not it's body