Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Towards Solstice

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