Eight-line Poems 2

Lichen

Lichen

Fingers pick at the rock,
scratching away the lichen,
and negating the growth
of decades, the humble
expansion of creeping ages,
creation of soil, enabling
the greening of earth,
and life on the planet.


Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 05.03.25
Prompt: Write a slow growth poem.