Deserts, Oceans and Tundras

In the vast deserts life struggles clinging on by their toe nails short scrubby plants poke out a hot haven for scorpions See the marks in the red sand of where a snake slithered by side winding its way over the baking hot sands of dunes Here all life is sparse only the fit surviving Yet in the vast oceans life teems with brilliance various colourful corals with sparkling little fish Immense whales roam at will see their water sprouts gushing up in fountains as silently they glide by shoals of fish darting by seaweed lazily waving Then there are the snowy tundras life here too is for the fittest majestic polar bear with cubs fishing at an air hole in the ice Penguin's scurrying as fast as they can they have no intention of being supper sea lions lay on the rocky snowy shores here to mate and give birth to pups The wolf pack roaming far and wide searching for their elusive next meal As I travel these places in my mind I am struck by how alike our lives are we go through hard times as we traverse the winding paths set before us Then there are the times of plenty when all is sunny and delightful a time to enjoy and even to reflect to give thanks that all is so good On to the winter which comes to all a time too of hardship and being slow the sense of life starting to wind down the reluctance acceptance as we near the end