poem

*Rainforest Musings*
	Some images come in life, Unbidden, yet so compelling, Tracing their power indelibly Into our deep and secret treasure places. Luminous green canopies arch overhead And peer back at us from syrupy waters, Reflections blended seamlessly. Life teems behind the shadows, Slithers, flutters, crawls,hops, Swings, shuffles, prowls
In a ceaseless symphony of camouflage. Mist and clouds slip quietly,insidiously, relentlessly in, Shifting qualities of light, magic to mystery. And roots are everywhere – Defiantly, they creep, expand, rise up and walk. They plummet down from startling heights, Grasp air, grasp earth, determined anchors Greedily claiming and clinging to life. Lessons grow there, Giant as the leaves that spread to catch the light, Lessons on tenacity, surprises, Significance and insignificance, On adaptation, flexibility, Inevitability, power, Silence and sound, Beauty. Gail F. Shay July 5, 1998

Rainforest Musings

Some images come in life,
Unbidden, yet so compelling,
Tracing their power indelibly
Into our deep and secret treasure places.

Luminous green canopies arch overhead
And peer back at us from syrupy waters,
Reflections blended seamlessly.
Life teems behind the shadows,
Slithers, flutters, crawls,hops,
Swings, shuffles, prowls

In a ceaseless symphony of camouflage.

Mist and clouds slip quietly,insidiously, relentlessly in,
Shifting qualities of light, magic to mystery.

And roots are everywhere –
Defiantly, they creep, expand, rise up and walk.
They plummet down from startling heights,
Grasp air, grasp earth, determined anchors
Greedily claiming and clinging to life.

Lessons grow there,
Giant as the leaves that spread
to catch the light,
Lessons on tenacity, surprises,
Significance and insignificance,
On adaptation, flexibility,
Inevitability, power,
Silence and sound,
Beauty.

Gail F. Shay

July 5, 1998