Once a summer's rain gently
Formed a puddle, and autumn sent
A leaf to rest there. In winter then
A snowflake was added. It lent
A symmetry more daring and more different.
Such was the three-fold arrangement
They followed until winter went
And with spring's advent
All the symmetry was broken
And spiralled back up to heaven again.
Dissolved, shrivelled, withered, dried
Thus to heaven praise they cried
For they knew that the sun was their parent
Calling them. So willingly they went.
The Puddle and Its Companions
Once a summer's rain gently
Formed a puddle, and autumn sent
A leaf to rest there. In winter then
A snowflake was added. It lent
A symmetry more daring and more different.
Such was the three-fold arrangement
They followed until winter went
And with spring's advent
All the symmetry was broken
And spiralled back up to heaven again.
Dissolved, shrivelled, withered, dried
Thus to heaven praise they cried
For they knew that the sun was their parent
Calling them. So willingly they went.