Just nature

Just nature

Searing the midday sun,

A lizard basks atop a rock

Blesses the day with nod upon nod

Whilst the badger cries foul,

Seeks asylum amongst the shadows

Bucketing the hourly rain

The eucalyptus drinks greedily,

‘Thirst is a dangerous thing’, it says

Under the ants gallop

Curse the clouds for a hill washed asunder

Timely’s the easterly wind,

A flower rejoices much

For its pollen travels far 

Unalike the feebly twig

Forced to bend and break

To nature a ghost gives

A body worth employment,

To plants manure, to worms a feast

Elsewhere a tear drops

For a loved one’s lost

Examine now the things of nature

Flowing hence as is rightly due

Choose then not to call these

Names good or bad

Blessing or curse, only, only just nature

                                      James Kaluna