Darkness and Grass

 I nominate the darkness and the grass
 All the cold things
 All the quiet things
 To remind us that we’re alive
 Subtle sting on the face
 Shallow scratch to the bottoms of the feet

 I nominate the darkness and the grass
 Memories of fear
 Re-telling of comfort
 To remind us how to stay alive
 Unknown lurking without light
 Bugs and crawlers in the green

 I nominate the darkness and the grass
 These represent the beginning
 They foreshadow the end
 To remind others of us after our lives
 Return to darkness
 Regrowth of grass