Nearly Forgotten Portions Of A Life

So well hidden from the crowd, these leaves.

So old, but beautiful – glamorous enough.

So intent on giving up the game.

So attached to the play of time

in this world in which they are embedded.

So unstoppable, the forest's actions,

its ongoing code of behaviour, seasoned with panic.

. . . . .

The leaves finally succumb as the rest of the forest

carries on in silence, sinking into a deep, sombre reverie.