My back is strong like a piece of bark it has its edges but it is stable, it stands tall– it is stillness and silence and me. These elements of control have never been my friend. Illusive fears of loosing a self that I had forged by lack of force the word loss–Continue reading “Trees”
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Rings
It would never have worked out anyway, you and I. . Me, a lonely tree, still sturdy enough to shelter you when there was rain my own pain present in my rings– you wouldn’t have known if I hadn’t made you ask. . You, a fallen sparrow, just looking for a place to stay until youContinue reading “Rings”
Scenery
Flowers Run through My hair Like water Down a river Passing the last elm That’s 100 years old, Or maybe two I can see The flowers But they must not Always be blooming– My stem opens And closes in viens, Blood honey Getting stuck With the glucose Of my heart If only I were thatContinue reading “Scenery”
Control
Pull back the ignition to light the flame some things you cannot control others you not only can, you must be conscience of your thoughts for a wise man once told me “Stay clear of the deer and hunt the tree instead, not with an ax but with a log, sitting under its cool shade,”Continue reading “Control”
In Me
Like a tree, there is a poem in me, whispering away until May, covering the Earth with mud and clay––– filling silence and swaying until it turns the same gray it was yeterday, mixed in dust all along shys away, like veins they are my branches, write traditional rhymes to fill all of my lines becauseContinue reading “In Me”
A Lesson
How do I know that your dreams align with mine when the sky won’t open up for you the same way it used to under the mulberry tree we’d play classes– you: teacher one, me: teacher three lessons on vanilla wafers, chocolate munchkins, and how Dr. Seuss really needed some practice in rhetorical grammar. …Continue reading “A Lesson”
Reaching Joy 