i decided this blog could use some affection, so here’s a fresh piece of poetry love.
Willow Tree in the Winter Time
i saw a branch
frozen
caked in snow and ice
dangled with icicles
their tangled fingers
hanging on
pulling the branches straight down
to the water
i am that branch
i saw the sunlight
caress the details of the tree bark
higher up on the tree
i saw little branches
thin and upright
reaching for the sun
for life
they were small but smiling
happy for warmth
i am those branches
i am the whole tree
all of it
bedraggled and freezing
and covered in sunlight
hopeful
i must remember
that i can grow
and reach up
with that part of myself that is still vibrant
and beautiful
and covered in droplets of light
i must remember that the water
makes be grow
keeps me alive
even though winter rages on
testing us
the brokeness and the light are one
and i was the tree
whole
without even knowing it
and i am still breathing
