Nature Speaks

I've been watching you Since your beginning Whispering to you A thousand subtle ways Throughout all your days You picked me up as a leaf You were only three Clutching my stem in your tiny hand Long time you stared at me Gazing at my veins, amber colors Other leaves rustled in my fall winds My songs to you, thousands of them You couldn't listen then At twenty three with your friend You laid on your backs one clear night In a grassy field peering starry lights My voice was that galactic silence Too low a whisper for you to hear Only crickets caught your ear Now you did hear In your thirty third year When your first child was born And you heard my primal cry Shook your illusions, you asked why Your deceptions re emerged over time Forty years later, no longer aware Of the cosmic cycle we all share Still my voice too quiet, too low My greater voice in a single clap Disintegrates humanity into smithereens Think tectonic plate shifts are epic? My full voice explodes a supernova A sound no human has ever heard A mere hiccup for me I speak through this fragile human Something of a poet, his intent is fine Make no mistake, his thoughts are mine Oh, I have many stories and wisdoms I could have shared, had you only cared At your end, we will finally embrace As your dust clears And leaves no trace Listen Be aware 4/6/18 Nature Contest Sponsor: Regina McIntosh 5/6/21