disintegration – Leaf & Twig

Early Departure

each hole
a doorway where
life passes through

disintegrated blossoms
rain and time
etch the cosmos

remnants of the wasp nest
disintegrating leaves
upon a bed of departing snow

while leaving
they reveal the beauty
of their complexities

time
takes her
seasons dress her

pinked
from chilly nights
dew and disintegration

the old metal door
and last year’s oak leaf
returning to the elements

snowflakes cleave
to the ephemeral beauty
of the leaf’s disintegration