in the icy air
linger
fumes from the flames drinking the dead leaves mouldering in the undergrowth
flashing bright yellow lines-- serrated bite marks of the invisible insect turning the leaves
white as snow
quivvering in the slightest breeze lifted and floating away
a sad celebration in thier rebirth the somber distruction
smoke stings the eyes and leaves all forgotton
birth, death, destruction, renewal all we experience
is what we cannot control |