Pendragon
09-25-2007, 11:05 AM
Woodland Angel: A Cycle
Life is carried via invisible spores,
borne on the crest of wafting breezes
to a place of incubation,
where it feeds on the many nutrients
released by decaying organic matter,
until it is reborn,
Angelic-white, nigh irresistible.
The hiker sees it there
at the end of the day,
as he rounds a trailbend whistling,
thinking about supper.
The tender, succulent morsels
are cut up into a stew
and eaten with gusto.
Memo in trail log:
Picked wild mushrooms for supper. Delicious!
Sometime later come the rending pains,
dizziness, disorientation, nausea, Death.
Life is carried via invisible spores,
borne on the crest of wafting breezes
to a place of incubation
where it feeds on the many nutrients
released by decaying organic matter—
nearby lies a skeleton with a pack…
D.L. Harris
© 9/15/99
Life is carried via invisible spores,
borne on the crest of wafting breezes
to a place of incubation,
where it feeds on the many nutrients
released by decaying organic matter,
until it is reborn,
Angelic-white, nigh irresistible.
The hiker sees it there
at the end of the day,
as he rounds a trailbend whistling,
thinking about supper.
The tender, succulent morsels
are cut up into a stew
and eaten with gusto.
Memo in trail log:
Picked wild mushrooms for supper. Delicious!
Sometime later come the rending pains,
dizziness, disorientation, nausea, Death.
Life is carried via invisible spores,
borne on the crest of wafting breezes
to a place of incubation
where it feeds on the many nutrients
released by decaying organic matter—
nearby lies a skeleton with a pack…
D.L. Harris
© 9/15/99