Miracles need love too (5,7,5)

I

Summer adventures
An oak with tempting challenge
Climb me, reach the top.

ii

Higher, yes, higher
Using skill to reach the sky
Crack, branches give way.

iii

Brave little angel
Falls from the tree's twisted smile
In white slow motion

iv

Unforgiving earth
Speeds to crush her fragile strength
With the spite of ice

v

Bones crack, splintering
Along with her eerie cry
Darkness steals her joy

vi

Within dark seconds
She sees a dove in mid flight
Breathing life again.

vii

A guardian from god
Blesses this spirited child
With a life lesson.

viii

Nature is divine
Don't take this gift for granted
Miracles need love too.

M. Moran
29.09.08
16.04

Authors note: I realise that Haiku's are short form poems, but I thought it would be interesting to write a longer poem using a traditional short format. It is neither Haiku nor Senyru, rather a form based on the syllable and verse structure.