Shutting Down
This time of year
plants take on a sickly look
they drop their leaves
they look sad
exhausted
ready to go to sleep
to hunker down for the winter
there is no need for water, food or sun
like patients in a sick bed
they subsist on very little
it is their time to rest
to build back their strength
to lay in beds
in silent sleep
until they wake again in Spring.
