E lifelight

As lush green buds break out on trees

So their roots dig deeper,

Ploughing the earth, and all is well

Such is life - reaping what cannot be sown.

As the branches frame the sky

So the leaves battle for life-light

Using what they do not deserve

Each is small and unimportant

Yet all form this mighty fiend.

As the bark resists all weather

So rocks are strangled within the soil

Crushed in the path of change

- Growth, killing others.

Alone one leaf lurks twixt twisted dead roots

Sitting in shadow and counting the days

One day, all leaves must fall

And all are equal in death.