Survival Instincts

by JLR

Teeny tiny tendrils twisting tightly, binding

like a bench vice's sharp teeth would grip a wood block

squeezing, unrelenting, holding fast at all cost.

What manner of survival would ever rival

this desperate display of nature bearing strength;

teeny tiny tendrils twisting tightly, binding.

Be cautious of a lover or friend whose clutch

such as consuming the air out of a balloon

like a bench vice's sharp teeth would grip a wood block!

Nature shows us the effort survival requires,

seen clamping, held tight, rising from the dark shadows

squeezing, unrelenting, holding fast at all cost ...

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August
2022

The Cascade form "is all about receptiveness, but in a smooth cascading way like a waterfall". There is no set meter or rhyme scheme. The defining feature of the form is that the lines of the first stanza are repeated as refrain lines in subsequent stanzas to give a "cascading effect". S1 L1 is repeated as the last line of S2, S1 L2 is repeated as the last line of S3, and so on until all lines in S1 have been used. The number of stanzas is therefore one more than the number of lines in S1.

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