cycle of life – Leaf And Twig

Blending In

part of the landscape
player in the cycle of life
hawk’s hunting perch

the buds, the blooms
the finished ones
cosmos telling life’s story

fresh light
fell on New Year’s Day
shadows came and had their say

time is the harvester
of a crop that grew
to feed the earth

serene in uncertainty
possibilities tumble
into the unknown

beauty
in the ending
life wholly given

snowflakes cleave
to the ephemeral beauty
of the leaf’s disintegration

leaves flight
delivers them
back to their roots

fallen to its resting place
the branch still possesses
the spirit of movement

As the first bloom fades
the next opens to its glory.

A single stem
an ordinary weed
the exquisite process of living.

Dew drops balance
on the tips of grass blades
until it is time to wed the earth.

Taken down by the wind
now the the mighty pine
nourishes the river bank and bottom.
So goes the cycle of life.