Just a Toothpick
just a tooth pick
I pick up a toothpick
from a half empty glass jar
stare at it dreamily
actually some where else,
absently stroking its texture,
this was a tree once
birds nested in its branches
squirrels stole its acorns
hid them, for the hard cold times
it was tall and stalwart
filled with life.
I pick up a rock,
I hold a mountain.
Copyright © Patricia Cresswell | Year Posted 2017
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