Analysis of In Moss

When summer ground cracks
in lieu of adequate moisture,

spores of constant green
are there hiding at edges,

waiting patiently until rains
renew their invasive potential

to cover every available surface
with a green-verdant blanket.

Gentle forest floor is open
when summer weeds recede

replaced by off-season flora
preserving ongoing survival,

filtering out the unnatural
that threatens an invasion.

Green scape needs moss
For the cycle of regeneration

Nature must be preserved
To not lose the necessity

to be a part of the cycle
that guarantees survival.

Moss threatens, moss protects;
it is part of the paradox of nature

to be mutually exclusive things,
plus and minus at the same time,

the negative and positive balance
that is the secret of continuation.