The autumn leaf screams before it falls

The autumn leaf screams

 before it falls:

"Get me out of this life!

Move me to a place

 I can be alone

To decompose

Get that death

What used to be love

out of sight and mind!"

What used to be green

  fresco and longer 

Fungus 

comes to mind

Surviving those that revive

Stinking, rotting

All that remains of the sachet 

 her fragrance  

In a forest

 turned upside-down

Every golden leaf

 on the ground

March 8, 2023