Renewal

In the last throes of summer, the green still on the trees.

My mind turns to autumn, my thoughts on the leaves.

Ceramic Leaf Beads

You see leaves do not live in the way of a man.
They neither sow, nor toil, nor gather, nor plan.

They are born in the spring as a suit for the tree.

A pinstripe the color of Chinese green tea.

Set of Pistachio Autumn Leaves

They live through the summer, or thrive I should say
Growing and growing with each passing day.

But the leaves know that all too soon it will come.

Cooler nights, shorter days, and then there goes the sun.

Leaf Pendant

And the moment will come for every green leaf
When brown, orange and red will sneak up like a thief.

When the wind will fly by to pluck from the stem,
The proudest of leaves, the tree's only gem.

Iridescent Copper Japanese Maple Leaf Pendant

And though the leaf falls to join those on the ground,
It smiles to itself knowing time goes around.

Because winter, although it brings snowflakes and frost.
Cannot hide the things which never were lost.

Clay Leaf Pendant Set

For again in the spring like an emerald jewel

The leaf will be back, a true sign of renewal.