Wind in Spring

Ripples scattered on the jade creek surface

In the living rainfall of spring

Petals blown with force, though listless

In the lively gale’s swing

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Branches tossed and abused in the violence

Though casualties remain low

Uprooting takes a heavy hand

But the changes must be sowed

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Oak leaves once decayed in the autumn

And fallen like soldiers in vain

Now reborn in sunny lime brightness

Glowing chartreuse in the rays

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Moss and lichen taking over trunks

Like symbiotic facial hair

A million legs tapping the bark

On the highway from earth to air

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Peace through movement in calamity

And change for the better in time

Love though painful instability

And a hope from the sacrifice

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A shift in disposition starting

With a panoramic view

Appreciation for the forceful winds

That took the old to give the new