Dyed Flora #5 : Golden Ginkgo

For a long, long time
I 've lived
weathering seasons
looking up to the Sun,
the Light..

Shrouding much
beneath the Shade,
the Shadows
shifting under
the autumn sky
in a golden boulevard..

Shadows,
one of them many
she walks across,
carrying pages, weathered
her orange dream..

Yet another dream
that blooms in the fall..
the Light shed
on blooming chrysanths
an effect, komorebi..

Letting my aged
golden crown fall
the Shade shed
I vow to protect
a dream,
shaded too long

Yet another season
I vow to begin anew
a new painting,
an orange boulevard
my orange dream..

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#1. Tree name comes from gin-kyo (Jpn. literal translates to silver apricot referring to the tree fruit). Also known as maidenhair tree in  europe.

#2. Known as a 'living fossil', the Ginkgo biloba is one of the world's oldest living tree species: it was around 350 million years ago!
Currently, it is an endangered species .

#3. Mostly used as an ornamental tree, it is known for shedding its yellow leaves all at once in autumn
resulting in yellow heaps of leaves in fall

#4. Komorebi (Japanese word) is phenomenon that describes sunlight filtering through trees in forest

#5. Chrysanths (chrysanthemums) are flowers that bloom in late fall