Prehistory

Before ___ came was exactly
like ___ island ___ now, see
___ bird life, see ___ flora

see, flower ___ seed. Before
___ came this was ___ blank state,
___ grew faster, things happened

___ can guess because ___ lizard told ___ so,
because ___ air had ___ different ratio,
because ___ building blocks ___ all there.

Before ___ came, before ___ ___
___ breath before arrival, just ___ leap
from ___ plane, ___ green below
only ___ smudge ___ ocean, nothing to see
nothing to aim ___.