Poem "sapling"

Last night, when the moon was full

I dreamt of Death

She rose from the earth like a goddess

with a supernova crown

lawless

fearless

dauntless

She whispered

"Take a handful of earth, let it crumble.

Take a breath of cold air, fill your lungs.

Then, work my field, deep and true"

then,

boundless

breathless

endless

she exploded in blinding light

filling the field with her gentle rain

Together we planted the grains of death

so they can sprout and bloom

and immortality, will crumble like earth in your hand

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From each flower

knowledge flows

From each root

life grows

and each seed

moves the World forward

one grain at a time

for the sprouts of beginnings

only take root

in a heart touched by Death