The Ant

An ant dragged the carcass of a much larger creature
across his rugged urban terrain.
The frozen sand texture presenting a journey
proportionally epic---but routine for him.

Somewhere between trying and dying
there is the tense and quiet germination of more.
Green water-packed life brimming with bosomy fruit
and destined for the dark dirt.
When I taste each metamorphosis
I will be bliss itself.