THE FALL WILL COME

autumn’s metamorphosis, a spectral dance, chlorophyll’s retreat,
in a verdant trance 
seeping, beneath the lens of scrutiny, abscisic whispers free, tease, float,
farewell to chloroplasts, green cells’ domain, carotenoids unmasked, pigments wane
a day’s decline, 
auxins’ flux, the soft design sketched into the horizon,
a rhythmic cascade, synapses fire, 
neurons ablaze in the cooling pyre 
while intricate as helixes catch fire,
shift profound, underground, 
biological clocks in whispers, unbound
deciduous syntax, leaves dissected, 
burning vernacular decay, not neglected
as microbes get to work, writing cellulase’s script,
temperatures plummet, enzymes cease, phenolic compounds bring autumn’s peace
fluorescence, gone, a reverie of pigment, 
a season’s song, waning,
fall’s chemistry caught in a beaker, 
decoded, polyphenols aflame in colors bestowed 
dendritic pathways, neural networks splay, 
unharmonious prose, caught in the seasons changing, fall, flat, 
nature’s data points, her cryptic call
a season’s wisdom, in every leaf’s sway