As Nature Carries On
Dr. Sonia Ruparell (@soniaruparell), a PGY3 pediatric resident, wrote this poem after a busy shift in the ER. When she woke up the next day, a cherry tree was moving in the wind and dropping its petals in the street. She told us, “What is humbling to me, is that nature continues to move on and heal as everyone on the planet has taken shelter.”
As Nature Carries On
By Dr. Sonia Ruparell
Petals bloom, symmetrical, soft and pink
Branches: some long, supporting each other, leaves and birds
Underneath: gritty soil, dry like a parched crop in a drought
Petals spread across the grass blowing in the wind
A blank canvas of green becoming a speckled piece of art
As if drops of paint fell from the sky
A tornado of pink fills the city
Lined with apartments, empty balconies and parked cars
A city once filled with tornados of people settled now with a thin wind and blooming trees
Birds chirping, sun gazing through each petal of the trees, deflecting to create streams of light
Nature’s power prevails, its life continues as we pause
Petals swirl in a sea of empty parked city bikes with church bells chiming
We are at peace, she whispers
Please don’t forget us when our soil becomes wet and our trees bare
Please don’t forget
