Njeri Hunjeri Poet Personification

African Cypress

She breathes
     Each breath flowing deeper
     To her roots and roofs
She breathes the tropical air
     Each breath a proliferation of another being
     To her thin muscles, in vim and vigor prolonging every being
She breathes in her light
     Not afraid of any heights
     Light and soft, qualities each carrying weight

She is the tree I grew up knowing 
     Touching, feeling, breathing
The bed I shared most of my childhood dreams with 
The seats I shared with many dear friends
The fence that still decorates my parents' homestead 

She breathes, she lives
She breathes only one symbol, life


August 21 2015

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Lena Smith Carter September 4, 2015 at 12:43 PM When I saw your poem I thought I would check the African cypress out for myself. Widdringtonia does seem to "breathe. . .life!" Great write! L Njeri Hunjeri September 17, 2015 at 1:49 PM Yes:-) thank you Lena

Lewis Nyaga August 22, 2015 at 3:03 AM Njeri, A 7 To the love of the Cypress, i was home the other day and our cypress which my dad cut for timbre have regrown though now they lack their magnificence, they now grow in circular clusters around the cut trunk.. a pale shadow of their former glory, i envy your African Cypress*****HUGS & BLESSINGS Njeri Hunjeri September 17, 2015 at 1:48 PM my African cypress ages and dies the same way. its just beautiful how it can withstand and live so long. thank you Lewis