The Song and Dance of Fall

The season of fall has a song and dance that is performed often without much notice from us. The leaves that hung from the trees all summer have begun thier decent to the hard, flat, grey concrete that lays below. The half curled dried out leaves shift softly from side to side as the wind picks them up and gently drops them. The dead edges lightly scratch the ground as they are dragged along. The more the wind picks up the more complex the dance becomes. Each leaf rountinely skips, twists, tumbles, and rolls from one place to the next according to the rythm of the wind. There is unity as they circle and swirl together and freeze when the wind fades away. It's like a game of red light green light as the wind stops and goes, controlling the movement of each leaf. As the wind picks up again it's green light for the fallen leaves and they continue to dance and skuttle more. All the leaves move together as one through the wind.