Poetry Challenge

Today's prompt is not yet up.
Here is the poem for April 20. The prompt was to write about rebirth.

TIME LAPSE PHOTOGRAPHY

Close up sequence.

The old mare,
solitary figure,
alone to die.
She lowers herself
gently to the earth,
her mother.

Macro shot sequence.

Blow fly,
bright green,
feeds on open eye,
lays eggs,
flies off.
Eggs hatch,
maggots eat,
pupate,
leave corpse
to burrow into
mother earth.

Telephoto sequence from up wind.

Buzzards circle.
One descends,
feeds,
is joined by his peers.

Telephoto lens sequence.

A cat perches
atop torn body,
tears small bites.

Night photography sequence.

A dog paws
tattered brown skin,
rolls.

Macro sequence.

Beetles scurry
through grisly bones,
cleaning.

Standard lens sequence.

Rain washes,
whitens;
sun bleaches,
purifies.
Snow blankets,
melts,
returns,
cleansing cycles.

Macro sequence.

Mother gives birth,
tiny sprout erupts,
grows lusty
in enriched soil.

Standard lens sequence

Vines cover white arches,
blossoms burst forth
where once death reigned.