White Wings

White Wings

Perceived upon a sunny day, a flutter by sailing the still 
Dancing a sequence with paper wings seeking to alight
And flit a nomadic path through warmth and perfect haze 
Fragile life that traverses the blooms to spread the seed
But fast fading beauty that’s sought by human hand
To make extinct the dancing fairy with snowy fan displayed 
Far from the cocooned confines of change
She tastes the summit of liberty that is her right 
And clutches the uncertain straws of future 
As nature struggles to even up




Drought

Relent the ruthless stream of extra violet and torrid sear
That drenches the fields with arid draining the verdant 
Into patchy brown and frazzled mass of ocher
While fading pools display their depths of cracked mire
Look away I say from clear blue skies of stark
That dry the lips of those who view the sunlit scene
Instead seek the solace of shade below the gasping trees
Who long for days of cool and droplets fine 
Restore again the summer hues of varied green 
That sate the herd and make anew the faded color
How long the eerie still of hung and dried 
That turn the dermal outer into leathery crevice 
How long can ozone‘s layer stave the lesion
Of hothouse gas, man made poison
That tips the balance and seals the planet’s fate
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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