Friday, March 26, 2010
A Change
Monday, February 1, 2010
Student Observation
I like to think there is a simple solution:
Whether God, or Chaos
Created in an Almighty power,
The ecosystems that we recognize today,
The concepts of existence
In the most intricate of detail.
An artistic evolution
Within the most delicate of spheres,
We must recognize the one truth
That will forever be a constant.
Every living organism's mistakes
Benefit another in a positive way
...Save ours.
Finally Returning
Thursday, March 12, 2009
A Game of Cat & Mouse
Something caught my eye as I walked.
A gray, near white form
Against the dark winter road.
A cat, chasing a mouse. perhaps
More eager for a playmate than a meal.
Pouncing and gracefully shifting his weight,
Often over pursuing his new friend.
I could not see the small rodent.
The road and shadows too dark.
I knew only of his evasive movements,
How terrified he must have been.
Attempting to avoid an almost certain death
Dragged on by the anticipation of claws
And then sharp teeth into the back of his neck.
Meanwhile I watch as the ballet of life continues.
Carefully orchestrated movements,
No dance class, or instructor could teach.
Innate abilities, built in to counter each others
Moves and thoughts, sizes and instincts.
Up and over the snow bank in one final culmination.
I approach slowly, expecting the mouse
To look for me as I pass, hoping I will save him.
The cat too, glaring at me, as if to say,
“Humans have tampered enough
With the balances of nature.”
I arrive at the site where I once pictured a stage,
Friends and enemies alike,
Incapable of a less dramatic performance.
I peer slowly over the bank.
There they are, stuck on a broken branch
Of a small roadside spruce,
A white plastic shopping bag
Had been blowing in the wind.