creation 
never forgets,
its destiny 
ever fulfilled...
a lesson beheld
in the seedling 
bursting through
the midst of
a garden adorned; 
nature undeterred
by the squirrel's
forgotten love affair 
with an acorn.

though oft beyond
our given years,
in its own way
nature fulfills,
always rewards,
life cheating,
outliving death...
a Picasso returned
from coveter’s theft,
a truth uncovered
for children bereft,
and calm that follows
the fury’s storm.

for spawning salmon,
for migration’s bird,
on Serengeti’s plains
the herds return;
the lover’s heart
longs for home,
to know fulfillment,
to taste once more,
the fruit of promise,
a table replete,
hope restored,
a circle complete.