Christopher Hansard:[ the seasons]

do you know how the seasons go

fall and flow into your memory?

can you recall a dark Autumn

or a light filled winter,

a lonely Spring

or a crowded Summer?

can you retell the story of the season you were in

when your paradise turned to hell

or when you climbed to heaven

the seasons, they are

our regulators too

just as with the natural world

so we wax, wane,

decrease and gain

the ring marks

of yearly growth

and cover ourselves

in the bark of old growth