Tuesday, November 11, 2014

In My Forest (poem)

 
if you were a tree, you’d be hornbeam

smooth, sculpted splendor

hard to bring down, heart filled with fire

essence of insight, alternate growth

 

black cherry, that’s him

seed dropped into a new fallow field

changing with age, fruit bittersweet

standing forthright, a simple straight line

 

if he were a tree, he’d be hemlock

soft hearted, kindling a perpetual flame

new growth from fallings, vulnerable strength

splendid, unchanging no matter the season

 
 


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