A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

A picture is worth
a thousand words, how else
would we display the
artful wonders of the
world.

How else would we know,
the stark silhouette
of a stag full-grown,
against the early
morning light. His
aged twisted, branched
antlers glinting in
the sun.

How else would we know,
the new bade of spring,
its green form, sheathed in
the late winters frost.
the first sign of
life, through a winter so,
parched.

How else would we know,
the grace and speed of
an antelope, or the strange,
long snout of the
anteater.

Is a picture
really worth a thousand
words,
or does a word
paint a thousand
pictures?