no ripple
on glistening pond
bucolic greenery
greeted sweet mornings 
like apple muffins
dusted with 
spice

pathways through
rainforest's half-light
hushed cathedral 
birdsong rang true
retrieved to senses
a lilting lullaby's melodic 
notes 

then machinery
of life's happenchance
seared through undergrowth
chainsaw's presence
halted paradise
lacerations on earth's 
lungs

reverberations hit
tremors appear
reach beyond 
borders coddled close
as things find a new
place to roost and
grow