silent witnessing, folding inward, discarded cottownwood leaves wrapping around
dried dessicated teasel stalks mulching
art of composting taking hold, surrendering the vestiges of summers vibrancy
wilting, laying over, folding, drooping, dropping, crinkling
embracing becoming fungi, microbe, worm, bettle, snail, slug
fodder for rich humus, substrata, soil
earthly nutrients returning, renewing, regenerating, cyclical dance of seasons
temporal, tempo slowing, easing, intimacy
cool breath of death, decay, rot
re-remembering, reminding, relinquishing, letting go