I think its an allegory. The cycle of seasons, of leaves hiding their brilliance within an overbearing green, finally revealed at the end but clinging on to lif

I think its an allegory. The cycle of seasons, of leaves hiding their brilliance within an overbearing green, finally revealed at the end but clinging on to life by a small thread, to be blown away to become worm-food, and the life force from which the next generation is born.