The clear light of spring

Brings life to the forest floor

Before leaves unfold

A precipice perch

Dangling over the ocean

Time left us behind

Keep reaching upwards

We don’t want to reach the light

Though we always try

Years slowly decay

Turn houses into hummus

And roads into ruts

A cracked reflection

Staring back into my soul

Unfold my weakness

In looming shadows

Through man’s steady destruction

The blossom holds fast

Keep working the ground

Building up by digging down

Shiny treasure mound

Old bridges prevai

Road over creek over rail

A tangle of trails

Lights lead us onward

Drawing us toward their gaze

A steady decay

Even reinforced

Castles of blue glass and steel

Can’t provide a nest

Between woodwind notes

Blossom leaves weave twist and float

Riding river boats

When concrete covers

The surface of the whole world

What will we wonder?