Desert Dweller

-thoughts on life, death and gardening.

Nothing Static



What is the destiny of Gaia’s children

Waves of potentialities collapsing,
bundles of imperturbable criticalities.
Placid animal urges.
Pastward convergences.

Frogs croak
at the edge of the pond,
as catfish soak in the deep,
near the green meadow
carpeted with grass,
trees cloaked in velvety moss.

What is the destiny of Luna’s offspring?

In a gradualist creeping way
its possible to know a lot
and still be unable to draw
a conclusion.

The deer watches frozen in place
ears facing, curious yet wary.
Black birds land
in a shrub near the horizon,
dark dots flopping, then settling,
gossiping in bird talk.

What is the destiny of Sun worshippers?

Each day has similar actions.
Rituals to ward off temporal progression
fail to remove particulars, simply polishing them.
Each day is a new adventure.
Nothing ever repeats.

Our story
goes on for a while
a few genes, a few words
persist for a while
then off we go.
Nothing ever repeats.

© 2025 Bruno Talerico
Stafford challenge 200/365.

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