#leaf light

Create A Beautiful Leaf Light

Leaf by leaf, the trees let down their gold; everything returns to dirt: stem, bark, twig. The corn stalks have dried to papery whispers, speak a new language in the wind’s harsh breath. It’s October, when leaf means loss, and bird means go. Today, the grass glitters greenly, freshened by last week’s rain, and fallen apples, red and yellow, dot the lawn. You and I are trying to get a fire going again; we crumple up papers, snap twigs for kindling, haul in logs from the wood pile. Sparks fly up the chimney. Everything burns.