Ivy

Creep down the garden path
Rotting ivy does reach
Further trying to reclaim
A place in the sun
Survival once more
Despite the darkness
Engulfing its beauty
Leaving it to find
New ways, new paths
Yet it refuses
New reality’s claim
Unleashing new burdens
Instead of learning
Grow anew in beautiful dark
Creep down the garden path
Slow death march
Rotting ivy does make