Cicadas’ Song Beneath the earth’s warm quilt, they slumbered, Cicadids, ancient wanderers, cocooned in soil. Their secret pact with time—seventeen years, A cryptic countdown to emergence. And then, one balmy morning, they stir, Breaking free from earthen shackles. Their exoskeletons split, like old promises, And out they crawl, nymphs reborn as song. Wings Unfurl, delicate... Continue Reading →