writing – Leaf And Twig

Penmanship

in cursive and in print
rain writes her story
on ice and snow

every leaf and twig
inscribed by light
writing the river bank’s ballad

narrative of a perfect afternoon
written by the four parallels of
lines, light, water, rock

morse code of winter
dots and dash of ice
arctic opus written in cold

the bird and insect’s canon
left for man and beast
hieroglyphics on trees

the small
writ large
blessing of spring

water is the earth’s skin
wrinkled by the cold
marks and ridges telling time
the oldest story ever told

time and weather
write the story
of survival on the structure