Wind rustles the leaves of tall poplars hidden under the towering overpass Wild bramble erupts to reclaim the spaces of Forgotten Purpose Wind pulls at hair and clothing on the bridge above waterways that open to the ocean These trees, shrubs and brambles are the green blood that finds a way to thrive here and refuses the artificial boundary that is this concrete The wild refuses containment It will probe by root, rot and rodent Time is not their concern Just this land, this sky, this sun and this water ----- Written this past summer. Granville Island, Vancouver