Sunday, October 09, 2022

fall meditation

trees stand as they did in my childhood
home: tall... bending for me
our stance an interchange

I named them as I did the sky before me
worshipping them as constancy
and also transformation 

now I look to sky and trees in imagining
knowing them from memory
loving them as prophecy

my patience both placental and personal 
a foundation sturdy with roots
from another century
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Pic: While coming back from watching Ponniyin Selvan with AS. 

2 comments:

Nicole said...

Oooh beautiful photo!

maya said...

Thanks, Nicole!

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