Variant 20

The bow bends. The bough bends.
The arrow is married to both.

Variant 19

 Pines.

The fossilized shadows of trees
that stood here 300 years ago.
Dark with age and the knowledge
of what came to pass
and what will follow.
Snow caught in the branches
like the desire to forget
and the knowing

it can never happen.

Variant 2

 It is a good day
when the water stays within the riverbanks
and the flame stays in the fireplace.

But for how long?