Barren and changeless
over months and months on end
METAMORPHOSIS-
startling, magical change
Signals life triumphs again.
This Bonsai tree has been in our home for 4 years now. Each December, it loses all of its green leaves. I keep it in the window through 5 months and it looks like a barren tree. My daughter commented that it looks like I am growing sticks.
By now you think I would have learned the magic of this small tree. As the months of April and May pass, I doubt that this tree is still alive. There is no change and my doubting increases with each passing day. I wonder if it has finally died. Then as if by magic, one morning I notice the smallest green thread reaching out of the end of a branch. This sudden change always brings me such joy! I know that this plant has survived its life cycle again. More and more thin green leaves appear and grow a little broader each day.
Thank you little Bonsai tree for the reminder of rebirth after times of desolation.
Poetry Form: Tanka Poem
Japanese poem with a syllable form per line of 5,7,5,7,7.
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