Winter Begins Its Inexorable Subjugation Of Autumn - IMRAN™

Winter Begins Its Inexorable Subjugation Of Autumn - IMRAN™

What do you see?

A simple fallen dead leaf from Autumn — lying on the grass past the perimeter of the tennis court at my blessed home on Long Island, New York — tells so many stories.

Tennis, the traditional Summer activity on Long Island, and the green grass around the courts, surrender to the shortening days and chills of Autumn. The fallen leaves bear witness to that transition.

And then just like that, while walking the dog in the early morning light, even though it’s still late Autumn, I see Winter start enforcing its will. The mountains of ice and snow are yet to come — but the morning dew turns into tiny icicles on the dead leaf.

It shows the inexorable subjugation of Autumn at the initially-tiny hands of ice crystals of Winter. The still-green grass lays silently still in dread of being buried alive under snow for months — but quietly holds on to the promise and anticipation of rebirth in Spring.

Those are the stories I see in this moment. Those are the seasons we live. Those are the circles of life, death, and rebirth, even when we — like the fallen leaf — are long gone and absorbed into the holy ground and spirited air of our planet.

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