At the beginning, there was silence.
Then, ever so slowly,
the birds started chirping
the ants started crawling
the water started trickling
the earth started growing.
Vines started climbing
buds started opening
sprouts started appearing.
At the beginning, there was a symphony.
Then, ever so slowly,
the bears stopped appearing
the grasshoppers stopped jumping
the water stopped dripping the earth stopped growing.
Vines started receding
buds started falling
green slowly turned to brown.
Only to begin again,
slowly and surely,
like the rising and the setting of the sun.