Beetlebung and Kettlehole--April Poems

Noticing

who could have thought
a universe would be born
when inner stuff surged up?

all this, miracle of leaves in spring
deep forests, dark streams
vast oceans, snow covered glaciers
high cliffs with caves
billions of faces like glittering moons

amazing what you notice
weakness of the human heart
its inventory of scars
and the end
as punishment for our beginning

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Prompt: A poem about the beginning of something