compact sleeping
compact sleeping
compact sleeping
:
unseen buds
infinite
hidden well
under the snow and ice
under the darkness
in every square or cubic inch
germinal
exquisite
in delicate lace
microscopic
unborn
like babes in wombs
latent
folded
compact
sleeping
compact sleeping
billions of billions and trillions of trillions of them waiting
unseen buds
infinite
hidden well
under the snow and ice
under the darkness
in every square or cubic inch
germinal
exquisite
in delicate lace
microscopic
unborn
like babes in wombs
latent
folded
compact
sleeping
compact sleeping
bilions of bilions and bilions of bilions
bilions of bilions and bilions of bilions
latent folded compact sleeping
latent folded compact sleeping
compact sleeping
buds
waiting
+
on earth and in the sea
the universe
the stars there in the heavens
urging slowly
surely forward
forming endless
and waiting ever more
forever more behind
:
lux aeterna luceat eis, domine