
every cascade
begins with drips and drops
and ends in the sea

every cascade
begins with drips and drops
and ends in the sea



the forest brightens
and i stumble out onto
a grassy plain

a breeze gusts,
and a moment later
leaves lazily fall

evergreens
sprout through leaf litter -
scale model forest


the perfect tree
sits on a flat boulder -
roots clawing rock;
stunted and deformed,
but very much alive

mountains in autumn -
all color has blanched,
but for red berries


the foothills seen
through flame-colored leaves
look painted