Force of Nature

That colossal heap of granite
slabs seasonal snow and ice
capping its summit in a long, slow
accelerating process to free
itself of winter and replenish the
rivers crossing its valleys
restoring life to the suspended
animation of the slumbering
wild creatures on its forested slopes
the gushing, tumbling streams
gathering momentum in a
thunder of freedom, frothing and
slapping the granite slopes in a
frenzy of wilderness life renewed.
The glacier-fed mountain lake
the colour of fresh chlorophyll
gleams scant light from an 
overcast sky, clouds above
pierced by surrounding summits
rain weepingly dimpling the surface
of the lake in a pattern of 
droplets, leaving crystalline
pearls resting on the newly-sprung
foliage of the new forest canopy.