as a single solitary snowball fast thrown
rolling innocent down snow covered slopes
gives birth fatal to an unforseen avalanche
as an earthquake angry shocks fast asleep sleeping land
shaking loose sprung silent earth faultline trap hidden
gives birth to rumble rock shockwave cascading landslide
as gathering storm thunders mind momentum words
echoing spirit soul writer poets inner whispering voice
gives birth to ripple wave growing tsunami flood tides
so a single precious drop of liquid rain dew point
falling from swollen pregnant heavy black rain clouds
as rain or snow can rebirth life kiss shower blanket
sleeping waiting hungry seed receptive fertile ground
nurturing moist life lungs plants trees forests jungles
seeds blueprint flora fauna life milk rebirth regeneration
Copyright © Terence George Craddock
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
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As this poem moves through poetic images and comparisons, creating ripples of emotions in the reader's being, so the enumerated apparently insignificant events can cause enormous effects in nature and in human nature. A thoughtful write.