Elan Vital

élan vital David J walker Everything is hungry Every single thing alive Shall survive at the expense of Some poor enhungered something else That has learned to thrive in it’s Own peculiar environment The élan vital has turned even the Blades of grass into clever predators and hunters Capturing sunlight and rain that will sustain it For another day The forest records its own language spreading Branch to branch Tree to tree As the sea sings its ancient songs between the Salty soliloquy of tidal waves Even the mountains standing majestically Will be spread softly along the beach As the Earth remakes itself Patiently Day by day by day