Heart-stopper

Yes, I saw a child,
up ahead, over to the right,
but the leaves were
just so beautiful really,
and the sky was
a towering pasture,
and the sun was so bright,
its light softly magnified
as if the cloudless sky was a lens,
its light cushioning those leaves,
cultivating their colors,
the browns and reds
and yellows brightly dancing above me,
for me, and some of them falling
and splashing my windshield,
it was just so, just so,
just so beautiful,
heart-stopping really,
so yes, I saw a child,
and no, I didn’t see him.