Out of the Woods

Wheels of life dangle from delicate branches

Sway in the wind and embrace in quiet caress

	I used to be an acorn

		Now I am a tree


Seasons coloured in outside their softened contours 

Green yellow orange and red waiting for indigo crowns

	Roots' undergrowth found respite in terra firma

		Yet loose soil and carbon compose the journey


The forest shadow speaks 'Give me strength'

'I will give you light in return for the favour'

	A wild boar rattles the mossy trunk

		Starlings weave in its canopy


Little saplings have flown their moderate nest

Replanted my meaning in miraculous flight

	Wild winds blew hard rain

		Strew reincarnated shelter
			

Where ferns sought refuge a union takes places

Made in a haven of nature's heavenly abode

	And time meanders past back and beyond

		For the poet tree in motion I wish to become


24th December 2019
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019


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Date: 12/24/2019 10:12:00 PM
Merry Christmas Kai. -Richard
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Kai Michael Neumann
Date: 12/27/2019 8:18:00 AM
Thank you Richard. Happy New Year, Kai
Date: 12/24/2019 11:58:00 AM
damn this is really profound.. what a great journey in life... great use of words here..
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Kai Michael Neumann
Date: 12/25/2019 4:19:00 AM
Thank you Silent One for your praise. The tree keeps on growing. A bit worse for wear and therefore better I hope. Many kind wishes to you, Kai
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