Can a Forest Be Barren?

A Diamante poem with a Forest theme

Forest
Rustic, Sylvan
Living, Thriving, Growing
Foliage, Thicket, Wilderness, Wasteland
Wilting, Rotting, Decaying
Barren, Bleak
Desert

Author's Notes:
A Diamante is a seven-lined contrast poem set up in a diamond shape with the following format:

Line 1: Subject
Line 2: Two adjectives describing the subject
Line 3: Three -ing words describing the subject
Line 4: Four words: two about the subject, two about the antonym of the subject
Line 5: Three -ing words about the antonym
Line 6: Two adjectives describing the antonym
Line 7: Antonym of the subject