Repurposed

Rot now, old leaf, and by new growth be hid
to make way for squirrels to leave the nest
and by a better morning be caressed
in sunlit warmth with the ephemerid.

And rot more, dead frond, in the evening dew
to damp the soil for the fresh cahoots
of microbes and their symbiotic roots
in Gaea metabolic course anew!

Disintegrate! Putrefy! And decay!

Moulder as you did in the famed era
of Aphrodite and maiden Hera
to feed their blooming Olympic display!

And by the Lethe waters underneath
weave our future like a bridal wreath!