NATURE'S CROWN

Nature’s crown knows

no jewels, no gold

or battered brass.

Nature’s crown does not

gleam in the twilight

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or weigh like kingdoms.

Nature’s crown is

kind, ever growing,

ever reaching like

antlers cresting the moon

and sun—a crown that grows

from your own bones

and falls with the leaves,

only to sprout again

in a time like spring.