Finally a breakthrough I make.
Pushing up through the darkness, I see the light.
I stretch upward, higher and higher.
I touch the sky!
The warm air touches my face, and finally I breathe freely.
I open up my lips, and inhale deeply.
I release my fragrant breath into the sky.
I fill the world with my quiet song.
I am visited by the bees.
The butterflies also come to me.
The Sun touches my skin.
I am at peace with the world.
The air grows colder.
The world changes colors.
From soft bright green to gold and orange.
The crisp frost creeps upon me.
My friends the bees and butterflies have left.
They go prepare for our next meeting.
Grey clouds produce cold white rain.
Icy air leaves the trees around me naked.
My life is fading.
I feel my breath becoming short.
I feel parts of me falling to the ground.
I smile one last time at the Sun.
Snow is still falling.
I close my lips.
I sink back into the earth.
I am surrounded by darkness.