Lovely Nature Poem by RIC BASTASA

roots making love
to nearby roots
tight and intertwined

trees budding
leaves lush
trunks like steel
like man
in his twenties

clouds are flirting
treetops are reaching
for little ecstasies
like rain finally
bursting

to mountains parched
hungry for water

heavy rain
flooding the rivers
like multiple orgasm
of a woman

lightning and thunder
like beds creaking
and short circuits
of emotions

then follows the calm of
the night
on contented sleeping
cicadas

the night is pregnant
with stories

twilight breaks in tears
for the rumor mongering
and talkative
days.