Silver winter rains
Feed rush of cool mountain streams
Slice through last year’s leaves.
Dormant volcano
Dormant volcano
Mountain molded by fire
Erupts with sunset.
Palm tree seems to float
Palm tree seems to float
Catching sun in tattered fronds
Surfing warm zephyr.
Arched across clearing
Arched across clearing
Pace too slow for human eyes
Blue sky fills with leaves.
Glinting with sunset
Glinting with sunset
Churning ocean ebbs and flows
Breaking shards of sky.
Twisting and turning
Twisting and turning
Branches map harsh shadowed light
Falling through forest.
At brink of nightfall
At brink of nightfall
Sunset rides on orange waves
Trees just silhouettes.
Peak bathed in sunset
Peak bathed in sunset
Lush leaves sway in hidden breeze
Brilliant flowers dance.
Sands shift with each wave
Sands shift with each wave
A million grains rearranged
Footsteps washed away
Tree fern fronds erupt
Tree fern fronds erupt
From volcanic mountainside
Far above blue sea.