Forest Song

Forest Song

Lean back easy to the soil
let your elbows root
watch the clouds go by
for a few weeks.

Curl, wrap around a stump
reach your fingers to the sky
when it rains you can
open your eyes.

Stay, wait until it’s cold,
blossom underneath the waning
moonlight, where the
hemlocks come to sing.

Here, deep inside the night
listen for the creek
in the Earth where the
memories fit together.

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Copyright © 2009 Jade Leone Blackwater
www.jadeleoneblackwater.com

Think think think

This tree beside the cottage has a wonderful voice. It always tells you when the rain is coming, and loves to chatter. This tree also loves to listen. Beneath it, the neighbors have planted the roses with other flowers and ferns, creating a quiet little thinking spot.