Changes in Nature

Change can happen gradually

Like the ocean ebbing and flowing

Against the sand dunes

Transforming over time

The gentle currents slowly invoke changes

On the ocean floor

Almost impossible to see the changes

But they have occurred

Gently, passively and in perfect harmony

Day after day

Month after month

Year after year

Sculpting the ocean bed

And creating minuscule changes

That are difficult to discern

Below the depths of the ocean

The changes in nature

Do not happen haphazardly

They are tuned into the cycles of the moon

Following the command of Mother Earth

And doing things they are meant to do

No questioning

No hesitation

Just doing.

But change can also happen suddenly

Without warning

Changes can erupt and transform everything in an instant

That nothing appears the same as it was before

Earthquakes, hurricanes, typhoons and tornadoes

Can wreak havoc on those who were affected

They happen so suddenly

Slamming into people’s lives

And changing the landscape of how things used to be

Yet they are part of nature

Part of those gentle currents

And soft breezes

Yet sometimes they bring danger and death

And change is inevitable