Angel Oak expansive in full view my chest thumped fastened to your roots growing from the depths ancient arms become saddles for children on a band of horses or wolves caught mid stride for war leaves extend to reach branches covering the hearth, the sun South Carolina
Today, I reach for you leaning deep against your trunk my eyes closed as my thoughts lift iridescent heat waves pouring into you live, tune
my breath hitches on your rough bark wrapped in the dance of wind and leaves rising up and up dissipating into translucent spores
Layered Fragments, Becoming Whole 