the fragility of it all

the beetle darts across the leaf


only to find it has to end sometime


and so it begins to understand


the fragility of its own ecosystem


 


the sunshine swam around the trees


where did we go? i can't remember now


as twilight fell upon the wooded castles


the vapor condensed on the window panes


 


we were all dreams at one point


now we're becoming soft dust


and all we'll have to show for it


are moments of regret passed as lust