I took this photo more than five years ago. Each time I revisit it I see something I never noticed before. It is not only majestic, but the leaves tell a story I am still trying to decipher. I look at the veins across each leaf and imagine the blood of leaves running through each vein. The water droplets quench their thirst, even as they lay dying on the ground. They have come through a long line of DNA that remembers the long history of Earth, a history we may never understand or realize, no matter how many scientific breakthroughs we achieve.
In many ways, I wish I could have connected with those leaves in some way so that I could hear their stories, what they’d seen, what they’d been through, how they’d felt. Yes, even how they felt, and, while on the ground, how they felt about their process of dying.
The story is in the leaves.
Photograph take by zaji
I feel that same way about people. I love their individual looks, stories, and feelings. When we surround ourselves with many leaves, we have a greater understanding of life. Great post and beautiful picture!
I feel they are returning to Mother Earth to nourish the tree from whence they sprang plus the next season generation of leaves. A type of flora arboreal reincarnation.
I agree!