Reliance.
So much depends on the sky.
Blue-mottled fur muffs above
high-drying wind,
blowing and buffeting winter\'s
thick mud as it clings
in lumps to every earth-ridge
thickly clumping
round bursting young things.
So much relies upon Spring
Brown-speckled roots below
snow-stifling gales
fleecing and stripping strong
tree-trunk\'s wait
to stage new unfolding show
as half-dressed
cold leaflings flutter in preen
stretching thin faces
for quick warm before opening
So much delights a seeing
eye as life\'s thrust
to fresh need changes, tight,
gripped-down roots
begin anew their yearly fight
for survival and end
sleep-time\'s grounded hunger
with snuffling moves
toward food and feeling alive.
But so much depends upon sky.