Nature Haiku

I look left and right

Both life and death surround me 

Limbs twisted, a noose 

Trees as old as time

Stumbling roots like a gnarled hand 

Nature groans with age

A branch sways slowly

It wavers now in the wind

Holds life as it dies 

I see him moving 

Silently weaving his web 

Yes, ready to kill 

A gust breaks the web

Gone is its inhabitant 

Dead? Perhaps he is

Broken limbs lay there

Screaming to disintegrate 

I think I hear them

Insects fall quickly

Murky water is their grave

Nature forgives not 

Oh, those red berries 

Once a popular weapon 

Abused by humans

Moss covers the ground

Hiding the death beneath it 

Nature is brutal