Growth,

Chattering squirrels,

Acorn-stuffed burrows:

Plenty.

Miles high, branches

Fighting others for light, for space

Growing green lines

Encroaching

Old oak taking a long time to say it’s old

And things have changed.

Bemused children

Disbelieve

A feast of flora and fauna

Cacophony of cackles

Orange and yellow

Crinkling

Laughter deepens

Families scatter

Slow winter

creeping

White

Gentle sun

Trickling meltoff

Tiny leaves stolen by long-starved deer

Want

Wet earth

Tiny sparks of life begin

At first few, but gaining numbers

Sprouting

Buds

Begin to blossom

Popcorn popping to sudden

Life

The cycle

Every year a little different

Every year the same;

Invincible.

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