Autumn, in northern climes
Is seen as a time of
Downshutting
Death is around the corner in the fall
The end of growth
Yet here in the west
Where the air is hot and moist
As a Saturday night hot date
Autumn rains trigger growth
Fern fronds erupt
Green sprouts shoot forth like an unbridled chia pet
On my rock
Parched soils soak up the beneficence of the rains
Shoot forth abundance
Green furze creeps
Spiders crawl
Birds scream their interest
Dive bombing
Insects
Dive bombing because they can
Screamflying wingmasters of the wind
Cheerleaders to new growth
Fallferns
Greencarpets
Drip
Drip
Drip
Replenishing the cycle
Sacrificing
Accepting
My fall contains rebirth
My fall is not into decay
But growth
David Trudel © 2012
