Sleeping Beauty

As the Earth prepares for winter's slumber, she seeks to ward off the already present chill in the air with a blanket made entirely of leaves. Shaking gold and auburn bits of beauty from the limbs of already dozing trees with a cool and gentle breeze, she calls her offspring home. Leaves basking in the brilliant light of a quickly passing sun soak up their final days of warmth before falling to the ground like raindrops in the wind. There beneath the feet of passers-by their colors fade to brown, beauty sleeps and death becomes new life.

Through the winter months of muted tones the rich glory of Autumn lies hidden in the soil, sound asleep, but she will rise again like a Phoenix from the ashes as nourishment for the breathtaking wonders of Spring.