Cycles

The giant slumbered

A fallen beast lingering

Along the horizon line,

A brilliant white trunk

Standing against the greenery,

Weather worn and waiting,

In an in-between state

Awaiting the next moment,

Where souls return to soil

And friendly roots

Re-absorb used nutrients-

Memories and tales stores

To be relinquished into the world

Caught in a soft breeze

Blowing through tangled hair

To awaken thoughts

As it whispers in ears,

Of a world long ago,

Carrying the whistle of workers

Of walkers on their way,

Passing a standing oak

That they watched grow by day

And who watched them in peace,

Until they faded and new arrived

A generation following in place

Who moved faster and further

A progression towards something

Unknown

While the natural beast towered

Continuing its climb

Towards a sky ever waiting

Until again the earth came

Swallowing whole-

But in its place

A new generation prepares,

Giving pause to passing by.

Katrina Thornley is a nature poet. novelist, and freelance journalist that resides in Rhode Island. She has two poetry collections currently published, a novel, as well as a short story anthology. Her poetry collections "Arcadians: Lullaby in Nature" and "Arcadians: Wooden Mystics" were inspired by a local park and life in her small rural town. You can find them on Amazon now!

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