Towards Solstice
Reaching for the sky,
full of light,
the thin beings
only obtain flight
in death,fluttering
and spiraling to
an iterative task
of fueling a fire,
or the probable
forest floor,
after the green
of chlorophyll,
able to grasp
and knead the rays
into food,
leaves behind
only brown fibers
and the structure
of a noble
nurturer
to the effectively eternal
towers.
Robert L. Jackson III
