Leaves

The trees are beautiful right now. Golds, Reds, Oranges.....
The cells where photosynthesis takes place are loosing their chlorophyll
The green pigment that we have seen since spring is no longer being produced.
We get to see the yellow tints that have been over looked for 2 seasons
The veins in  those leaves are sending all left over food to the stems for storage through the winter.
In some this produces those brilliant reds that we are amazed at.

May I be like the leaves...
The cells of my youth are breaking down
No longer producing the chlorophyll that was overwhelming at times
Now the pigments that I have had all along are showing through...
Who I have always been, yet more settled, less worried about producing
At times may my ambition create amazing results that I, and others, are in awe of
In this the autumn of my life may it last for as many years as God deems fit,
before the winter sets in and the cells close off and I fall...