living gossamer.

  Atop a pillar of living green matter rests a sphere of gossamer, waiting for the wind. Waiting to be blown across a field of living green matter. Waiting for their hard seed cases to sink beneath the earth's surface. Waiting for a winter long rest. Then spring will call, and after they have fallen and died they will come back. Green flags will unfurl from the earth and golden sunlight will grow from among them. And when the light dies among the flags, another pillar of green living matter will grown topped by another sphere of gossamer.