The hill our house is on
seems steeper each day,
and the house shifts uneasily
on its foundation. Trees
lean as I walk, and I hear
strange new animals
in the woods. Something
is splitting mountain into rock
with great haste—
strewing angular fragments
on the ground,
filling the brook
with sharp teeth
as it widens, creeping
toward the house—
yesterday, one face,
today another.
Tomorrow, I may wake
to a stranger.