Again the sun kissed down br Upon the newborn buds - br Forest branches start their cycles br Of awakening, every twig is greening br At the end, downward to another br Yearly ring recording br Atmospheric composition - the br Climate’s favorability - the transcript br Of greenhouse abuse br br And our hands shake more pronouncedly, br Clutching flowers in the sun - dawdling, as if br This place and us were rivers diverging - br An epoch running our distant ways, so far br Along we no longer see each other’s banks br br We’re there, though unfamiliar br br Like the mighty elms surrounding us, br We begin anew - we accommodate the br Microscopic changes as they alter our domain, br As they accumulate - br So the end and beginning br Are truly incompatible, by design br br Again the sun kissed down br Upon survivors, the eating dogs br Of winter hibernating now - br And those hollow forest hulks disintegrate br To nourish newborn buds br Of divergent evolution br br *From the book: Vapours of Promise, ©2004 - ISBN 1-59526-352-7br br Kelly Vinalbr br