Gift

  

-------Gift-------

 

Years from now

I hope to be 

a tree 

who has gathered seasons

of light and given 

just as much

comfort to those around me

 

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May these roots 

feed the earth

my branches carry fire

please take this trunk 

and build your home

and catch my leaves with children

 

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Know that I 

am forever yours

and We 

are the gift

I've lived for

 

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Forest Green

  

-------Forest Green-------

 

Cedar trees 

straight 

and tall

 

Sway in

and slow the wind

 

Through forests

as green as ferns 

unfurling

 

As moss

and as salal

 

For here 

the songs

are sung in color

 

With words 

that sound like spring

 

That call

to me

in a deepest way

 

To forgive, to bend,

to sway.

 

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