GRASS WILL GROW

Where grass has grown
grass will grow - they say

But the barrenness
of the earth persists
rolling seasons of calm
invite counter-seasons of turbulence

bouts of nostalgia
must now give way
to sweeping floods
of shared memories
memoirs of oneness

the rains will come
this i know
it is the growth
of fresh grass that i doubt

but if it must grow
of what use is mere growth
if it will never flourish
in the acid-soaked raindrops
of bitter concentrates
a memoriam of acid rains

it is!
  
© May 2011