Roman

Metabolic Curvewall

Exhaust follows maturation 
Fewer fumings close behind 
Sense and scent abilities 
Scatter goals and sever binds

Eleven days
As many hours
Deepen grays
Soften powers

The first the lifespan
Of a housefly 
The shorter sees 
A dying mayfly 

Given birth and growth and death 
Silence wishes like it dreams
Awake, asleep, and shorter breath
Cycles circle, water steams