10.17.2009

...the early stages of decline



The Fall is my favorite season. I eagerly anticipate the falling temperatures and the falling leaves, an odd proclivity I presume for anyone having grown up on a Caribbean island. I prefer to stare at individual leaves more than I do gazing at acres of colorful swatches in Vermont or New Hampshire. The very definition of autumn haunts me for a few weeks every year...the late stages of full maturity or, sometimes, the early stages of decline.  Ocher tinctures blush in defiance, a flush farewell.  I dwell too much on majestic endings and tinges of the finite.  The cure I have found is to digest the colors, literally.  Savoring a few pieces of corn candy, dissolving slowly, usually breaks the spell of colorful allusions.

 


2 comments:

amalia said...

Wow! That leaf looks like it's blazing..what beautiful contrast.

Motownrunner said...

A mi tambien me gusta el otonio. En Michigan es la mejor parte del anio for sure. Nice colors, Kenito.