day 4 regeneration

As every leaf 

turns from green to gold

falls to earth brown, 

and into earth folds,

so we too return 

to dust and ash.

This is fact, 

so why then do we fear? 

Each day we live,

the end we near.

Then again, even leaves 

tremble before they fall. 

Perhaps they are waving

a fond farewell

to the branches on which they rested,

or winking at the bluebell,

telling her to use them to line her nest, 

ever ready to serve, even at the end. 

After all, they can take pride,

that in their green days,

they nourished tiny creatures

in myriad ways,

like those brilliant- hued butterflies 

that flit now from flower to flower. 

Now their day is done.

They seek the earth, 

calming any tiny flutter, 

trusting, in this birth

as in the next,

each leaf would have left its imprint.

So too can we 

calm our beating hearts 

so we meet the end 

with a wave and wink when we depart. 

knowing it be so

is that why leaves tremble 

before they fall

for they know the end is near 

so why do we fear