The log pedestal sits along the stream Lonely, untouched & seething It waits Until the surface crawls the mossy touch Infesting it's new creation unbidden It craves And plots the conquering of neigbors And allies alike, in the name of decay It fights Adorned the decorated growth continues never satiated accomplishment I achieve Until the wooded cradle shows only shape The texture now a secret Traveling the winding rivers edge To tell stories hidden within the weave I mote it be