end of the ball

and when they would have finished dancing
their sparkling colors glittering no more
they will return to earthy colors
sucked by the night wind into darker air

after the last and mad whirlwind is over
they will be let down onto the ground
where they shall keep the memory of warmer days
as they will take the shape of a warm blanket

for the earth that fed them until now
and to which they have returned.
tired being they will become quiet
and feed him now, harboring hopes of spring rebirth