Nature's Elemental Resilience

The ancient mountain valley site
enveloped by hemlock, spruce, pine,
oak and yellow birch, no longer virgin,
but of venerable height and girth,
thrives as a moss-laden, lichen-rich
haven for wildlife and the insect world,
all finding comfort in the humid
atmosphere of cool spray showering
from the icy-mountain spill through
its time-worn raceway of granite.

The thundering roar of the mountain
stream shattering the song birds'
melodies, the lacy filaments of sweet
piercing song rent through by the
rough, deep bass of the powerful watery
thrust, rampaging declaration of
strength capable of defeating the
geological integrity of permeable rock.
Curtains of glass-clear water spread
over the jutting rocky peninsulas under
the fierce, frothing gathering of the
stream's intense, unstoppable flow.

This place, with its primal elements of
gnarled tree trunks and interlocking roots,
glowing green ferns, the orb of the fiery sun
set high in the wide blue sky, the indomitable
march of mountains, gneiss-grey summits,
tumbled-sided rock slides, meltwater coursing
icy descent, presents as a divine creation
of perfect majestic beauty and might.