A Leafy Experience

My bright green color is starting to fade or is it morphing into a new orange or red? I feel the color draining from my being as look around and see other leaves beginning to fall.  What is this that is happening to this tree standing so strong and tall?  The rains of spring have drenched us, the sizzling sun of summer almost scorched us, yet we still clung to the branches our hues of green acting as a shade to all.  Now I see us changing colors and drifting away with the wind.  My green glow has been transformed into a bright orange beauty that takes your breath away.  All who walk by are mesmerized by the glimmer of light reflecting through me, it's as if flickering flames of a fire have appeared on me.  My beauty and  the beauty of those surrounding me create a perfect masterpiece from God above.  What is to become of us?  Where does the wind carry my fellow leaves I have grown to love? While I am contemplating my being, a gentle breeze lightly brushes through me.  I begin to twist and rustle.  I break free from the branch that I didn't even realize was binding me and floated carelessly through the air.  The sound of the wind was like a peaceful lullaby as it rocked me to my final resting place.  I land among the others who had fallen before me, ready to sleep and be recreated in life's cycle.  I will slowly become one with the ground, enriching it.  In turn, it will nourish my tree and in the Spring tiny buds of life will come out again.

~ Chelle
9/24/13

Today's writing prompt is #95. "You are a leaf on a tree that is undergoing foliage.  What are your leafy thoughts and feelings?