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Leaf Courage

I saw it there a couple weeks ago, resting among green leaves and flowers.  A single yellow heart, its tether disconnected from its source.  The edges of the heart were ruffled and it was a bit battered with flecks of brown on its surface.  Even though a bright red flower pulsed next to the heart, and farther away a white flower blazed and deep purple flowers shone, the yellow heart’s thrum stopped my footsteps. Then it seemed the yellow heart lifted the slightest bit and hovered there over the leaves it had rested on.  It whispered, “See me.  Feel me.”…