Poem: She Let Go
she let go
after a month of rain
weary grip on the earth
the strain to live
tasked her roots
she had no roots
vague memory of youth
intense growth period
heat cycled, hail pounded
wind whipped
green lacy leaves lingered
branches presented a brave prayer
beseeched the sky
sap starved, she dried up inside
despite surging storms
she keeled over
hitting her crown on the roof
final farewell scraped
windows
tiny root tendrils exposed her
secret
so shallow
Note - Ray and I took a walk around the block after our May storms. A rather large maple was uprooted on another street. She looked healthy enough up top with green leaves, but alas, huge gaping hole in the yard revealed.....nothing.
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