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Each Tree

to lay her seeds
in the ground around her
where they may take root
and drink

and sprouting upward
opened palm of new leaves
her air is theirs
and the same sun

to find herself the core
of a family-forest
this is the wish
of each tree

Copyright © | Year Posted 2006




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