Response to Bartholomew Barker’s Monday three word prompt Dark, Frost, Long. https://livingpoetry.net/2021/12/20/monday-poetry-prompt-dark-frost-long/
Cold dark nights
Eternity covered in biting frost
Trees long on earth sag
beneath the weight
Frigid wind cuts through limbs
aged and brittle
New growth has ceased
decay creeps ever upward
Barren branches creak
the ground shakes
A massive limb breaks free
thundering to the ground
The forest rejoices
a limb to feed the soil
The trees weep
another ancient is dying
Roots dry and shatter
beneath the frozen ground
making room for seedlings
The cycle of life continues
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