The next hard rain will thin the woods, and for a day, gold will lie thick on the forest floor.
In the field, goldenrod is past its prime and browning.
Each hour seems a different season.
We embrace change, having no choice.
Florets are forming against the ground, the start of next spring's growth. On twigs already bare, we find buds.
Seeds take flight.
In all this brilliant death, life, life.