tree trunk – Leaf And Twig

All Those Times Of Reaching Out

each one mattered
even now
with the limbs foreshortened

the tree
a zebra
in green

the base
of each trunk
a footstep in time

enter the mystery
of today’s
exquisite unknown

as you are
so
you give

snow blown
in all directions
yet one trunk untouched

pull the antler
door handle
to know
what resides within

sound signals
a brief
appearance

all the ways
of being
residing together

beneath
what is seen
symmetrical rings

experience, strength and hope
rise
from a single source

Winter loiters
in the month of March.

The old tree stands
like an elephant
remembering all.

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