Mountains could have stood
Unbroken to the sky
For millennia and then some
But for the invisible force
That separated their craggy faces
Those unbreakable surfaces
Hewn and worn
By something entirely unseen
Soil drifted from rich slopes
Until the land grew bankrupt
Rocky and inhospitable
Yet life still pushed through
Always seeking its way
Despite the impossibility
And the odds stacked against it
The days and the centuries of reshaping
Deconstructing
Replaced by new growth
Trees worshipping the Earth and the Sky
As it has always been
And will be
Despite destructive civilization
Despite the denial
Of men – Caroline A. Slee