from the branch
to the ground
and back to the source
In Departure Arrival
To Thy Own Self
a leaf revealed
in the decomposing bark
spirit endures
Always Thinking Of Others
the tree’s
last gift is to home
the lichen and fungi
Some Of Everything
the stillness
and the movement
the decomposing and the growing
Birch Bark Mushroom
decomposition
a transition of
sustenance to self
What Begins At The End
a decomposing stump
the palette
for green construction
Return
The birch lies with lichen and leaves
only to rise again in the next season
as hope eternal, the spring ephemerals.
Fallen
There is no failure in falling.
While the descent may be hard
repose eventually softens all difficulty.
This is the grace of transformation.
Roots
Up-ended by weather, pulled from the ground;
decomposition returns you home to the earth.