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September 14, 2007
Earth Cycles
Four times you spin yourself anew
Giving to all living things the chance to dream
As cold winter winds penetrate through dark heavy skies
Crystals form where water loses its’ fluid memory
Skeletal trees reach up in their perfect stillness
The color green seeming to disappear altogether
Replaced with a white cover that gives eerie silence to the night
At first, something seems to rise from an unknown place
An energy like no other, generating sexual motion in still life
It is the sound of living things growing, buzzing
A humming noise that fills us all with such hope
While nesting birds seem to magically appear
Knowing the exact birdsong to sing
We rise up in our new skin, our rejuvenated selves
Like all the radiant buds over our heads
And the rain soaked shoots underneath our feet
The earth gives way to the spring of new life forming
The hot summer sun reaches us in all its’ vibrant splendor
Creating warm comfort that permeates through and through
Animals bearing their young with the promise of constant survival
Lush green plants growing to their fullest splendid measure
Bringing forth all flowers and sweet fruit on this yearly journey
Giving the ultimate abundance of natural occurring life
Exuberant sounds soften, as if muffled in a brown paper bag
Green leaves begin to dry in the coolness of an Autumn night
Altering their pungent emeralds and sage hues
Conforming to glowing golds, burnt oranges and earthen reds
Falling to the damp, sleepy ground in symbolic patterns
Waiting for the wind to find their muted destiny
A time for retrospect, for crawling into the cave of protection
In preparation to be so still, as if to hold a long breath
For soon the winter will come once more
Posted by kay at September 14, 2007 04:26 AM