The Vulture
Does the vulture only get its next meal by waiting for something to die?
For something to die, is the opportunity of life itself
And without life itself, death cannot be
Nor death cannot be without life
Without life, is death any different than the fallen tree that no one hears?
Perhaps life was taken for our universe to be born
But we weren’t born on this Earth to answer those questions
So when the Earth is consumed by the black hole,
Would anything be able to hear us?
Does The Sun Know?
Each night the flower is left alone
Not of its own choice
But each night the sun must leave
So painfully easily
The flower always forgives the sun
Through every winter
Every night of stagnant darkness
The flower always forgives
Yet the sun still goes
Night and night again
How could the flower hate the sun?
Even when dusk creeps upon its petals
When it’s engulfed by chill
And even when the sunlight dresses itself in clouds
The flower answers its own question
With each kiss of dawn’s light
Does the sun think about the flower?
Does the sun know?