Another Limb

the summer storm

brought down

a dead limb

from the top

of the tall cherry

a tree that from

the vantage point

of the narrow now

interrupted path

rarely flowers or fruits

truth being

never far behind

what blocks the light

fungus at the

inception of

the first crack

had set with

an old purpose

about the task

chewing bugs

and tiny creatures

who relish moist wood

dissolve the branch

to discover what hides

inside the genome

of another emerging life