With shovel and spade

Polish the earth into shape

Groom with broom and rake

Cold winds sweep over

Contour steep forestry floor

Can we sleep some more?

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?

Light and water skate

Saturate this cityscape

With sodium shades

Seeping from deep cracks

Steam and brimstone boil below

Lift me from what’s mine

If I snap myself

Among cherry blossom mist

Do I shine brighter?

Complex indigo

Turns mindless in the day glow

Unfixed colours run

Dusty trail blazers

Gather in every corner

Ceremony stands

When blossom has blooomed

These streets will be left empty

No one wants your fruit

Rare ripples reflect

A secret silent shoreline

All we see is waves

Her haze hangs heavy

As our gaze is drawn back south

By herony squarks

Lost in heady scent

Follow the lines we were sent

In dollar and cent

And suddenly leaves

Radiate verdant’s essence

Redefining green