10/12/2025
The rain had just passed when I reached this ancient bridge —
a remnant of another time, swallowed by the forest
and guarded by the quiet pulse of autumn.
This season is brief, delicate, almost elusive.
It arrives wrapped in gold, disappears in a storm,
and leaves behind only the memory of its light.
Yet here, among moss-covered stones and restless waters,
autumn lingers a little longer.
Its colours burn low like embers,
its silence hums with the old songs of the valley,
and the weight of forgotten footsteps still echoes
beneath the arch of the bridge.
There is a beauty in this decay —
a beauty that doesn’t pretend to last,
a beauty sharpened by its own impermanence.
🍂 In the fading breath of the golden season,
every ruin becomes a witness,
and every leaf becomes a rite. 🍂